ASAS is a non-profit association under Swiss law which was founded in 2013 by Alexandre and Céline Rochat. Since this date, it has been working in Laos in various fields:

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• Building of schools

• Building of toilets and water supply in remote villages

• Purchase of a boat allowing school transport on the Mekong river

• Conveyance of a 4 ton container from Switzerland which allowed the distribution of clothing, hygiene material, blankets, etc… in more than 35 villages

• Hygiene workshops and distribution of material (school books, toothbrushes, soaps, books for the library, etc…) in more than 50 schools

• Paying of hospital expenses for more than 30 children and adults

• Managing of a reception center (nursery) for small children and homework monitoring and English classes for schoolchildren

• Rent of the “ASAS house” which accommodates 6 students who otherwise couldn’t go to secondary school (more than a 14 km walk every day)

• Creation of the first « Discovery Center » of the country which presents the following themes, in an entertaining way, with workshops:

  • The solar system

  • The earth and the continents

  • The origin of life on earth

  • The evolution of Man

  • The human body and the five senses

  • Microbes and hygiene

  • Environment and waste

  • Global warming

  • Endangered species