a quick update

i'll bore ye all more later, i promise, this will be brief for now

so, we're leaving Quang Ngai.
problems. i'm not sure if i even know all the details but our placement here closes indefinately on Thursday next week.

i've written about it before, you know the score.
these kids need people to help them.
they need physical therapy and mental stimulation and native english speakers.

i'm working really hard this week on finding another NGO in the vicinity to help bridge the gap.
it's slow work but i'm not giving in.
trying to find a doctor from the Agent Orange Victims Association too. if we can get Little Phouc identified as an AO victim we can start making moves to get him transferred to the rehabilitation hospital in Tam Ky. there's a place and a carer there waiting for him. he's not getting any physio any more since we left. hope he doesn't have to wait too much longer.

I've been to Laos since i blogged last. it was great. a total mental rejuvination. i've started writing a blog about it, i'll finish it another day. one thing though, just ask me how much i want my own motorbike...!
the 47 hours it took to get there and back sort of took it's toll on my body but i'm planning on getting a massage on saturday. a whole hour, in my hotel room. for about eu7. nice!

next stop for me after we leave Quang Ngai is two weeks in Tuy Hoa. it's another placement further south. i'll spend two weeks there doing some intensive physical therapy with a pair of five year olds who currently spend their days lying down on a bed. if i can help them, how amazing would that be?! exciting times.

i've also been asked to stay on here on a more long term basis. i haven't said yes or no yet but to be honest, i've no job to go home to, it's the best time to do it if i ever will.
first of all though, i spend the first two weeks of August in Tuy Hoa, then seven weeks travelling northern Viet Nam, northern Laos and northern Thailand. then Moe is coming to meet me in Thailand and we'll travel Cambodia too.
then?

stay tuned for further posts!

ps- if i do stay, i'll need to do some fundraising!
if i do stay, i'll want some visitors! ;)