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GLAD's Vision

A Lao Society that flourishes at the grass root level through cultural and participative development initiatives through the German-Lao Association for Development partnership.

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GLAD’s Projects

•  Partner: Bread for the World (Brot für die Welt)
•  Partner: Schmitz Foundations (Schmitz Stiftungen)
•  Partner: Mirja Sachs Foundation
•  Partner: German Embassy

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GLAD’s Target Groups:

1. Villagers in local communities in rural and urban areas including ethnic minorities
2. Government officials, NPA staff and individuals at village level
3. Lao scholars who studied in Germany.



GLAD’s Objectives are

• To develop a partnership for development between Germany and Laos for grass root participative development initiatives

• To strengthen the capacity of communities through identifying and addressing their needs whilst emphasising the Millennium Development Goals (poverty eradication, water, education, gender equality and health)

• To develop adult training programmes for former Lao scholars who studied in Germany in the relevant fields

• To strengthen the capacity of Government counterparts and NPA staff members involved in rural community development through designated trainings and study tours

• To promote cultural exchange activities between Germany and Laos.


Partners

Bread for the World (Brot für die Welt)

Brot für die Welt is a German organization that has supported many partnerorganizations throughout the developing world for more than 50 years.
Our cooperation with Bread for the World focuses on two main areas, one is the small scale project fund and the other one is capacity building for local Non-for-Profit associations.


Schmitz Foundations (Schmitz Stiftungen)

The goal of the Schmitz Foundations is to support self-help projects in the field of sustainable food production, manual trades, vocational training, and the raising of income levels. In Laos the main project focus is school building/renovation and water supply.


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Statement flash

A Lao Society that flourishes at the grass root level through cultural and participative development initiatives through the German-Lao Association for Development partnership.
GLAD’s mission is to promote cultural and development relations between Germany and Laos as described in the Millennium Development Goals.