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Following the Government of Laos’ appeal for support, Save the Children in Laos finalized delivery of urgent disaster relief and recovery support to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs following flash floods in Attapeu triggered by the collapse of a dam in the south of the country. The flooding has claimed several lives, with over a hundred still missing and thousands seeking refuge in temporary evacuation centres. 

Strong collaboration between the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Government of Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) and Save the Children is improving maternal and child nutrition in Laos, one village at a time.

December 26^th, 2017 - officials from the Lao Red Cross, Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment together with the consortium of Care International, the French Red Cross, and Save the Children Internationalgathered to conclude a 2-year project (2016-2017) on disaster preparedness in Sayaboury, Vientiane, Sekong, and Khammoun provinces.