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Les Artisans Lao
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- what you can experience
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what you can experience
- Buy a wide range of quality products produced in our training centres at our retail outlets and selected hotels in Vientiane and Luang Prabang.
- Visit our centres to see our trainees transforming recycled and renewable materials into quality crafts.
- In our Paper House you can see trainees prepare and process bamboo, palm, mulberry and pineapple leaves into products as varied as computer printer paper, notebooks, stationery, wrapping paper and paper bags.
- In our Wood House you can see trainees use wood and bamboo to make statues, ornaments, furniture and other original items. We use only wood reclaimed from old houses, tree stumps and rejected by mills because the size or shape is wrong.
- In our Coconut Laboratory, Copra, the coconut flesh, is processed into high quality soaps, creams and oils (virgin coconut oil) for a variety of culinary, health and household uses. The shell of the coconut is used along with the fibre and wood of the tree to make toys, utensils, furniture and design elements for home and business decoration.
- Make a donation to help purchase machinery, equipment, building supplies and expert technical assistance.
- Contribute by volunteering your time and expertise. We need help with marketing, packaging, chemistry and good advice.