From November 29 to December 13, 2025, NK Seeds ran a medical mission in Sekong province, in southern Laos: 2,870 people were treated there free of charge.
Location
Sekong and Thateng, Sekong province
Approximate position.
Key figure
2,870 people treated
2,870
People reached
22,012.02 €
Open to donations
23
Volunteers
Period
2025
Partners
Rotary Club of Chamonix, Humatem, Bouchons 74, la Vitrine Médicale, the Onex medical center, CEVA Logistics, TSL Singapore
Background
In Sekong province, in southern Laos, many remote villages have little or no access to healthcare.
What was done
For a fortnight, entirely free consultations in two hospitals: general medicine, dentistry, optics, physiotherapy and gynecology. Free transport connected more than 40 villages. A HelloAsso fundraiser topped up the funding.
The team
23 people: volunteer health workers from France, many of them young practitioners, Lao translators and local medical staff. Thanks to them, a real relationship of trust was built with the patients.
Results
2,870 people treated: 1,277 in optics, 771 in general medicine, 369 in dentistry, 233 in physiotherapy and 229 in gynecology, for residents of more than 40 villages. More than 90 serious cases identified: 85 cataracts, 3 goiters, one thyroid cancer, one knee and hip fracture, 2 cleft lips. NK Seeds covers all of this care with partner hospitals, for a documented budget of €8,720 (including €2,720 for the cataracts and €3,000 for the goiters). Spending on site: LAK 454,434,780, of which LAK 222,855,780 on medicines.
What's next
Serious cases are operated on in the weeks following the mission, with partner hospitals in Luang Prabang and Vientiane; NK Seeds covers the medical costs, the hospital stay, transport and support for the patients. Budget planned for this care: €7,000 (operations €5,500, food and accommodation €1,000, transport €500). NK Seeds plans to train a team of nurses in dialysis care; hospital beds have already been delivered and installed. The canteen at Sekong hospital was completed on November 29, 2025.
In pictures
The project on the ground
Going further