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    • A brief glimpse of Life in Laos
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    • WTO: An Emerging Nation
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    • The rainy season
    • Annual Boat Festival
    • Golf& Heat
    • Road Works
    • Life in a Factory Yard
    • Funerals
  • How to Help
  • CONTACT
  • HOME
  • About Us
  • Projects
    • Sponsoring Students
    • Encouraging Entrepreneurs
    • Annual Vientiane Career Fair
    • Lao-American College
    • INTERNATIONAL TOASTMASTERS Membership
    • LAND & HOUSES FOR STUDENTS
    • FUTURE PROJECTS
  • LIFE IN LAOS
    • A brief glimpse of Life in Laos
    • Health Care
    • Learning Lao
    • Student Sponsoring
    • Food Shopping
    • Mekong Business Challenge
    • Vientiane Annual Career Fairs
    • WTO: An Emerging Nation
    • Driving
    • The rainy season
    • Annual Boat Festival
    • Golf& Heat
    • Road Works
    • Life in a Factory Yard
    • Funerals
  • How to Help
  • CONTACT
​Sponsoring Students
Lao - American Graduation with BA degree of ​sponsored student after 5 years of studies
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​Organizing Annual
​Career and Education Fairs
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I've been very lucky in Life!
Without a High-School Diploma (I quit school at 16) or Bachelors Degree I’ve earned a Masters degree, MBA, at Wharton, University of Pennsylvania, one of the top universities in the USA.
I've been able to work for over 50 years without a single day of unemployment, created and managed my own companies, looked after my family and got my kids through university.
Now I’m a “Happy Pappy” with four super grandchildren. 
For a long time I’ve wanted to provide the same opportunities to people less fortunate than me or my children.
On visiting LAOS for the first time in 2008 I found people with both a real need and merit. They're friendly, smiling, generous and look to develop themselves through educating their children and by working in micro businesses to feed their families.
LAOS is one of the poorest countries in Asia. It is surrounded by China, Vietnam, Thailand, Burma and Cambodia. It has no outlet to the sea to facilitate the development of tourism and has no petrol to attract outside investors.
In December 2009 I created AEDECOL, a non-profit Association registered in Paris, France where I’ve lived for over 30 years.
​Since January 2010 I’m living in Laos and, as an unpaid volunteer with the help of AEDECOL, beginning to realise the following objectives:
  • Sponsoring students, paying school fees, books, food, health-care and in many cases sleeping accommodation for those coming from poor rural areas.
  • Encouraging Entrepreneurs , to create businesses, humanitarian and educational projects. 
  • Organizing Career & Education Fairs,(now in its 10th year) to open-up  opportunities  for jobs in business & gouvernement
  • Lao-American College (private university), teaching  communication skills, encouraging creativity, leadership and responsibility.

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You too can help in Laos, raising funds, running  projects, sponsoring  students, teaching ,doing something, however large or small, from where ever you are.
​It’s very rewarding,  making a contribution through your own personal involvement and managing where and how  your time, energy and money are spent !  

​If you’re retired, what better way to develop your new retirement career for the next 10-20 years! Laos has a great relaxing life-style.....and is a great place to escape the cold European & North American Winters.

Best wishes to you all, looking forward to hearing from you.



Mike WALLACE 
(
mikewallace99@hotmail.com)
President, AEDECOL , Laos/France

MBA, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, USA  
FCMA, Chartered Management Accountant, UK 
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