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Our family journey to the jungle of Laos
Anders, member of the Aay´s Village Board, traveled with wife Renate and their children to Laos this summer. Renate wrote a blog post on...
Jul 12, 2019


Gender Equality
“Gender equality refers to the equal rights, responsibilities and opportunities of women and men and girls and boys. Equality does not...
Jun 2, 2019


Is volunteering always helpful?
As a volunteer organization in SE Asia’s poorest country, we take our responsibility towards the community we strive to help as our...
Jun 2, 2019


Child Rights & Safety
We wanted to give you guys an explanation of how we think and work – what we care about and our positioning on different topics. “Rights"...
Jun 2, 2019


Laos: The land of a million plastic bottles
“Laos, a world of towering mountain ranges and fertile river beds”. A country that is “the land of a million elephants and a colorful...
Feb 28, 2019


The people of Laos - by Carolina (volunteer)
Our volunteer Carolina from Portugal wanted to share her observations of the people of Laos, and the sharing culture that she experienced...
Oct 13, 2018


A day in Aay’s Village - by Mariana (volunteer)
A day in Aay’s is always full of good energy, because all the Lao people here and the kids are full of it. We wake up around 9 o’clock in...
Sep 25, 2018


Questions to ask oneself before volunteering
Amanda just joined our organization as our Fundraiser and Partnership Coordinator after she volunteered with us in Laos in May 2018....
Sep 3, 2018


A letter from Ås in Aay's Village
Hi and hello to all you followers of our jungle nonprofit, I know our team members have been able to enjoy the sun and nature this...
Aug 15, 2018


Aay's Village is hiring! Accountant & Fundraiser Volunteer
Aay’s Village is hiring an Accountant & Fundraiser for our international team of volunteers! This is an excellent opportunity for you who...
Jun 21, 2018


Why are we called Aays Village?
Why are we called Aay’s Village? In 2015 when we started planning our organization, we contacted Google Maps ask them to add us to the...
May 30, 2018


Our school is moving!
Our biggest realization so far in 2018 is that when our first graduates leave our program, we want to take a couple of weeks to improve...
Feb 11, 2018


Are you our new Manager of Education?
We are hiring! We are looking for a volunteer to join us as the Manager of Education! Aay's Village is a non-for-profit organization...
Feb 5, 2018


REPORT 2017 & PLANS 2018
What a year! 2017 started with Mari and me travelling to Laos in January to set up the new Learning Lab donated by the Kavli Trust. We...
Jan 4, 2018


A Christmas present from us!
Aay's Village has teamed up with Berg Watches for a giveaway! 🎉 One of you will win a quality watch from the innovative Norwegian brand....
Nov 22, 2017


1 year in rural Laos! Our journey so far
Today we are celebrating 1 year in rural Laos educating children! <3 We received incredible feedback from so many people after our...
Oct 6, 2017


INCREDIBLE NEWS!
Thank you again, Kavlifondet! 🎉 Kavlifondet, who donated our digital learning system at the very beginning of Aay’s Village in 2016,...
Sep 19, 2017


SO FAR SO GOOD
Hi guys, This is Åshild, the manager of Aay’s Village. In the last couple of weeks, I have been feeling an extreme feeling of gratitude...
Sep 8, 2017


VI BLE INTERVJUET AV TØNSBERGS BLAD!
Mari og Mathilde hadde gleden av å gjøre et flott intervju med Tønsberg Blad hvor vi fikk muligheten til å dele litt av bakgrunnen til...
Aug 16, 2017


HOW THE PROJECT IS STRUCTURED
It has been some time since our last post, and we do apologize. As a matter of fact, the organization has been growing rather quickly the...
Jul 12, 2017


AN INTERVIEW WITH AAY
Hi everyone. The other day I had a conversation with Aay and I made a short little interview for you with some questions about him and...
Mar 29, 2017


VIDEO: DIGITAL LEARNING IN AAY'S VILLAGE
Check out or video of the digital learning that is happening in Aay's Village!
Mar 18, 2017


THE DOOR I WAS LOOKING FOR
In August last year I made the decision of leaving a fantastic job in a Bluechip company in London to embark on a once in lifetime...
Mar 1, 2017


Mission Accomplished
An incredible weekend in Laos When I think back on the weekend we had here in Laos, I notice that we did something fun every single...
Feb 1, 2017
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