Big Brother Mouse

A worthwhile organisation devoted to encouraging literacy in young adults and children. Depending on sponsorship and volunteers, it welcomes tourists to help with English conversation and reading practice. You can just hang out and chat with locals about whatever you like. They publish and distribute books in Lao and English. Consider buying some books to take as gifts to village children if you travel through Laos. They have another branch in Vientiane. Two, 2 hour conversation sessions per day. Lots of nice locally-written kids' story books available to buy, starting from 50 cents for their A6 size books.

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Getting there: off the main street, down a side street next to 3 Nagas Restaurant
Hours: 09:00-11:00 & 17:00-19:00 daily
Website: bigbrothermouse.com (opens in a new tab)

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