In March 2025, a team of 25 treated 1,940 residents of remote villages in Muang Ngoy district free of charge — almost double the target.
Location
Nong Khiaw and Muang Ngoy hospitals, Luang Prabang province
Approximate position.
Key figure
1,940 people treated
1,940
People reached
21,972 €
Open to donations
25
Volunteers
Period
2025
Partners
Muang Ngoy district health office, France-Laos Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Background
In this rural district, villages are remote and families are often poor. The health centers had had no dentist or optician for years, and the one in Nong Khiaw had lost more than half its staff after the inflation of 2022.
What was done
From March 1 to 15, 2025: free consultations in Nong Khiaw from March 3 to 7, then in Muang Ngoy from March 10 to 13, with free tuk-tuk and boat shuttles. Funding: private donations, contributions from the volunteers and a charity evening with the France-Laos Chamber of Commerce.
The team
25 people: volunteer doctors, dentists, nurses, chiropractors and opticians from France, Lao translators, local staff and the NK Seeds team, led by Sébastien Sisombat and Mélissa Lansmant.
Testimonial
“Perhaps the finest” mission of their career, full of encounters. — a general practitioner on the team
Results
1,940 people treated over 9 days of consultations, nearly double the target of 1,000. Care in general medicine, dentistry, optics and chiropractic, for residents of more than 30 villages thanks to the free transport. About ten serious cases (goiters, cleft lips, spina bifida, prolapses) were referred to the hospitals in Luang Prabang and Vientiane and treated between April and June 2025. Actual spending: €21,972, of which €12,972 for the mission (accommodation, medicines, transport for the team and the villagers) and €9,000 for patient follow-up after the mission.
What's next
Follow-up for patients needing further care, and health awareness work carried out with the local health authorities. The director of the Muang Ngoy hospital asked the team to come back, which led to the February–March 2026 mission.
In pictures
The project on the ground
Going further