Note there seems to be some misunderstanding here, please see the clarification by the Buddhist heritage project below: Buddhist Heritage Project: Water situation at Vat Pa Pha-O - #4 by paul1
Hello all,
On our buddhism journey, we have have come across people from all walks of life and obtained lots of blessings and knowledge from them. During one of our conversations, which lead to a visit to Luang Prabang, Laos, we came across the plight of novices mainly hailing from the the poverty stricken mountainside villages.
The families of these novices send them to the Vat Pha-O School which was specially built to offer financially disadvantaged Laotian children a holistic environment for a chance at receiving education and inculcating proper values in life.
The establishment houses up to 1,000 Child novices aged between 10 to 20, and up to 70 monks and nuns during peak seasons.
The school is currently lacking in clean water, a basic amenity required for the personal hygiene of the inhabitants.
This lack, coupled with the cramped living conditions of the premises, has resulted in widespread skin conditions, which are transmitted easily due to the contagiousness of these diseases.
The novices have a hard time focusing on their hopes of improving their lives through education amidst living in such stressful conditions.
We are hoping to put we have learnt about giving back to society into practice, as well as to benefit the Sangha.
We sincerely hope to be able to raise the required funds to build a functional water treatment distribution system to better the lives of these children, and hope the community can help us out with this project as well.