Bridge the Gap in Laos

24/01/2025

Thank you «Privet» Russian Restaurant in Vientiane Русский ресторан "Привет" for the lunches today! Yummy Russian pies and pastries with fresh cranberry juice! 😍

24/01/2025

We are so grateful to the students of Vientiane International School for their incredible support of our cleft surgery project!

This year again they organized a fantastic bake sale filled with delicious treats, and their efforts raised a heartwarming 4.4 million kips. 🥳

These funds will directly help lightening the burden on patients families by contributing to their travel costs!

Thank you for your compassion and for making a real impact on the world! 🙏

23/01/2025

This year we received the support of Betula Asian Aid Foundation and his founder Kees van den Berk who wished to assist with our patients welfare efforts.

BAAF is a Dutch foundation committed to helping disadvantaged, disabled and otherwise stigmatized people in South-East Asia get the (health) care needed in the broadest sense.

Thank you for helping Bridge the Gap and our patients this year! 🙏

23/01/2025

Big bags full of good things for the doctors’ lunch today, thanks to Pie my Love - Félix & Cacao ❤️

Thank you for the support!

23/01/2025

Massive shootout to Phu Bia Mining Co. Ltd and Young Elephants F.C. for their support!

Phu Bia Mining has been supporting the patients of bridge the Gap for two years now, by paying for care packages and the daily allowance patients receive during their stay in the hospital. They have singlehandedly solved the headache of assembling the care packages by donating everything at once, in proper fabric tote bags!

This year they came with the Young Elephants, a Lao International team of young football talents. They handed over lots of goodies and gave signed balls to their young fans and jerseys to the doctors! 😍

The Dutch doctors work hard to raise money through talks and charity work in the Netherlands year round to pay for the life changing surgery of dozens of patients every year. Local donations from corporations like Phu Bia Mining, embassy personnel and individuals allow the team of volunteers to further support the patients during their stay in the hospital. It is a long and expensive way from their villages to Mahosot and an unfamiliar environment for the children. We aim at lightening that burden as much as possible and this is possible thanks to our donators. THANK YOU 🙏

22/01/2025

Pizza and salad on Tuesday, courtesy of Love Life Laos - Café & Restaurant

Tasty vegan bowls from Coco&Co. this Wednesday.

Thanks a lot for the support to Bridge the Gap, it is thoroughly appreciated! ❤️

20/01/2025

A huge thank you to Dough & Co who sponsored the doctors lunch today! Very much appreciated after hours in the operation room! 😍

19/01/2025

We received a tow-truck toy-truck full of wooden trucks! 🤪

A huge thank you to Allan and his customers at The Shed Vientiane who crafted these amazing retro wooden toys for the patients for Bridge the Gap!

They will provide a lot of entertainment for sure and will be a great gift to the children when it is time to go home!

19/01/2025

We could use some packs of water and small Lactosoy bricks (200ml-ish). If some of you want to donate, you can drop them off at Mahosot, 4th floor of the new building (today or later this week).

Please send a message first on our page so we can control the stocks! ❤️

Registration day is in full swing! Despite the chilly weather, numerous families have turned out to enroll in the Bridge the Gap program.

Meanwhile, the Dutch doctors are enjoying the “lovely” weather...
🥶

19/01/2025

Registration day is in full swing! Despite the chilly weather, numerous families have turned out to enroll in the Bridge the Gap program.

Meanwhile, the Dutch doctors are enjoying the “lovely” weather...
🥶

18/01/2025

Last day before registration day!

Our volunteers have been hard at work this afternoon to assemble all the care packages sponsored by Phu Bia Mining Co. Ltd!

Toilet paper, toothbrushes, mosquito spray and more! Plus drawing books and crayons to pass the time before surgery.

All these will be distributed tomorrow to the families of patients staying in the hospital before they are operated by the Bridge the Gap doctors.

Follow us for more news about the event!

18/01/2025

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16/01/2025

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ກ່ຽວກັບໂຄງການ: FB: Bridge the Gap in Laos or ສົບແຫວ່ງເພດານໂຫວ່ ປະເທດລາວ

10/01/2025

Scene from the hospital: a Lao surgeon performs cleft lip surgery on a young patient. This requires so much precision it is almost more art than technique!

Photographer: Jean Lebourg - January 2024

09/01/2025

Scene from the hospital: Bridge the Gap volunteers fill registration forms with the patients and their families. These will be use to track food allowances and reimburse transportation costs.

Photographer: Dara Pathammavong - January 2024

08/01/2025

Stichting Bridge the Gap

08/01/2025

Time can drag for young children waiting for surgery in a hospital far from home. Some wait several days for their life-changing operations. To help pass the time, Bridge the Gap volunteers dedicate their time to entertaining the children with various activities, including:

- Storytelling

- Play and drawing sessions

- Singing and dancing

- Concerts and performances

- Face painting

- Movie nights

And much more. We strive to provide activities throughout most of the day with rotating teams of volunteers. Many of our volunteers are Lao students, but we welcome foreigners to join and offer their help—fun has no language barrier!

If you are interested in volunteering your time to play with the children, lead a team or organize an activity, please let us know using the following form, and we will contact you directly:
https://forms.gle/8H2vrxrMPnRmkhnu5

Thank you!

08/01/2025

Scene from the hospital: volunteers are entering patients information into our main spreadsheet while patients wait for the medical check. Only 100 to go! 😅

Photographer: Dara Pathammavong - January 2024