The Luang Prabang Library runs a variety of workshops during the year to help involve children in the library and educate them on various issues such as singing and dancing, drawing, puppetry, health and hygiene and story writing. The workshops are offered to local and remote village schools. Each workshop is designed for 25 - 35 primary or secondary students, although in small rural schools, all the students may be involved on the one workshop.
Some of the library workshops are described below, along with the cost of offering them to schools. Where a school is remote, there may be an additional cost to allow for the workshop to be offered to every student, plus for transportation.
Please contact us if you would like to sponsor one or more workshops.
Some of the library workshops are described below, along with the cost of offering them to schools. Where a school is remote, there may be an additional cost to allow for the workshop to be offered to every student, plus for transportation.
Please contact us if you would like to sponsor one or more workshops.
1) Hygiene Workshop Cost of one workshop for 30 students = $50 US
The cost of the workshop provides for soap, toothpaste and toothbrush for a class of 30 students with a set of hygiene books for the class (or for every student in a small rural school). The funds also pay for the transport and the small cost for the Librarian to attend to the class.
The librarian visits the class and spends time with the class, singing songs and discussing the use of the soap and how to wash hands correctly and using a model of a jaw to teach the students how to use their tooth brush and tooth paste.
Here are videos of one workshop held recently at a small rural school, with every student involved in the same session. The children are learning about brushing their teeth and then learning a song about washing their hands.
The librarian visits the class and spends time with the class, singing songs and discussing the use of the soap and how to wash hands correctly and using a model of a jaw to teach the students how to use their tooth brush and tooth paste.
Here are videos of one workshop held recently at a small rural school, with every student involved in the same session. The children are learning about brushing their teeth and then learning a song about washing their hands.
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2) Drawing Workshop Cost of one workshop for 30 students = $30 US
The cost of the workshop provides for paper, pens and coloured pencils/paint for 30 students which will be left with the classroom teacher at the end of the visit. The funds also pay for the transport and the small cost for the Librarian to attend to the class.
The librarian visits the class and spends time with the students teaching them about drawing and helping them to draw a typical Laos village and then use the pens or paints to colour their work.
The librarian visits the class and spends time with the students teaching them about drawing and helping them to draw a typical Laos village and then use the pens or paints to colour their work.
3) Singing and Dancing Workshop Cost of one workshop for 30 students = $30 US
The cost of the workshop provides for an afternoon learning traditional cultural singing and dancing, with the funds used to buy the traditional adornments for clothes and hair. The funds also pay for the transport and a small cost for the Librarian to attend the class.
The librarian visits the class and spends time with the students learning and singing songs, and teaching them several traditional Laos dances that they can then perform for parents.
The librarian visits the class and spends time with the students learning and singing songs, and teaching them several traditional Laos dances that they can then perform for parents.
4) Puppet Workshop Cost of one workshop for 30 students = $30 US
The cost of the workshop provides for creating/making the puppets and then the puppet performance, with the funds used to buy the materials needed to make the puppets. The funds also pay for the transport and a small cost for the Librarian to attend to the class.
The librarian visits the class and spends time with the students creating the puppets and writing/practising the plays that they can then perform for parents.
The librarian visits the class and spends time with the students creating the puppets and writing/practising the plays that they can then perform for parents.
5) Writing Stories and Story-telling Cost of one workshop for 30 students = $30 US
The cost of the workshop provides for story writing, with the funds used for the paper and the production of a book. The funds also pay for the transport and the small cost for the Librarian to attend to the class.
The librarian visits the class and spends time with the students creating the stories and illustrations with the view to producing a book.
The librarian visits the class and spends time with the students creating the stories and illustrations with the view to producing a book.
