In 1940, only seven thousand Laotian youth were attending primary school.
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Miserable Learning Environment At A Hmong School In Laos Now Seen On Youtube.com
Hmong people living in Laos trace their origin from southwestern China. In the early nineteenth century, political discrimination led some Hmong to migrate to mainland Southeast Asia and many took up residence in the mountainous areas of Laos.
For the duration of the sixty years French occupiers ruled Laos, not one new high school was built. In 1940, only seven thousand Laotian youth were attending primary school.
During the American War in French Indochina it's estimated that seventeen thousand Hmong troops and fifty thousand Hmong civilians died. Today the era's U.S. involvement in Laos is known as the "secret war".
The You Tube Slide Show depicts the circumstances in which Hmong children struggle to learn at a school in northern Laos.
IMPORTANT LINKS TO THE PLIGHT OF AMERICA'S FRIENDS HERE
http://asiapacific.amnesty.org/aidoc/ai.nsf/Index/ENGASA260042004http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA26/003/2007
http://www.tragicmountains.org/
Center for Public Policy Analysis
John Brown Photojournalist On LIGHTSTALKERS
My Mondo Library Photography
My Photoshelter Photography Archive Homepage
Ban Buamlao Primary School Laos Photographs
Photo © John Brown All Rights Reserved
Click the link below to view the
Miserable Learning Environment At A Hmong School In Laos Now Seen On Youtube.com
Hmong people living in Laos trace their origin from southwestern China. In the early nineteenth century, political discrimination led some Hmong to migrate to mainland Southeast Asia and many took up residence in the mountainous areas of Laos.
For the duration of the sixty years French occupiers ruled Laos, not one new high school was built. In 1940, only seven thousand Laotian youth were attending primary school.
During the American War in French Indochina it's estimated that seventeen thousand Hmong troops and fifty thousand Hmong civilians died. Today the era's U.S. involvement in Laos is known as the "secret war".
The You Tube Slide Show depicts the circumstances in which Hmong children struggle to learn at a school in northern Laos.
IMPORTANT LINKS TO THE PLIGHT OF AMERICA'S FRIENDS HERE
http://asiapacific.amnesty.org/aidoc/ai.nsf/Index/ENGASA260042004http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA26/003/2007
http://www.tragicmountains.org/
Center for Public Policy Analysis
John Brown Photojournalist On LIGHTSTALKERS
My Mondo Library Photography
My Photoshelter Photography Archive Homepage
Ban Buamlao Primary School Laos Photographs
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