WEBSITE: www.facebook.com/lonebuffalo
TYPE OF GRANT AND DATE: Minor (June 2017)
REQUESTING FAMILY MEMBER: Rob and Kristy Taylor
MISSION/FOCUS: LBF is a community project based in Phonsavan, Laos. We are committed to improving opportunities for young people through English study & football coaching.
SUMMARY OF WHAT THIS ORGANIZATION AIMS TO ACCOMPLISH: Lone Buffalo creates a unique environment in which boys and girls from different ethnic backgrounds can study, develop, build confidence, and play sports together. The projects provides free English study, structured weekend football coaching and photography and film-making programs for young people. They also offer computer skills and free Internet access to support their students’ studies. Lone Buffalo teaches five levels of English using a combination of trained local teachers and qualified western volunteer teachers. Students come from relatively poor backgrounds but Lone Buffalo believes they should be given the same chance as others to benefit from the opportunities that are arising as Laos graduates from the UN’s ‘Least Developed’ status. Most students’ parents are farmers but the students have similar ambitions as other young people for successful careers in business, arts, and technology. Lone Buffalo’s goal is to help these students achieve their aspirations.
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