Laos CAS Trip

From the very first day in Laos to the seventh, we worked on site with the World Volunteer members, making sustainable clay bricks that contributed directly towards building boarding facilities for the students living nearby to stay during the weekdays. Students in the area often struggle to complete their education as they are required to walk long distances to school and thus require immense commitment that may not be at their leisure. World Volunteer’s primary aim is to ensure that all students have a place to stay during school days – one fewer obstacle in their way of completing their secondary education. As volunteers on this service trip, we prepared over 300 new mud bricks alongside plastering walls, shaving bricks made from the previous groups of volunteers, making fresh mud and building a whole entire shed. We faced struggles under the blazing sun as we were immediately put into a completely new environment. But looking back, the achievements we made outweigh the physical fatigue and initial challenges we faced.