XonPhao Disabled People Working Group in Vientiane-Laos. offering help and support to those who have disabilities and poor ethnic women. Presently, we are supporting 32 people with disabilities.( 17 women poor ethnic women 15 men) including polio survivors, the vision impaired, persons born with disabilities, and those living with disabilities following an accident. >>> If you want to support them, you can be: - a partner : you are living in Laos or overseas and want to buy or order some products, - or donor: every penny counts, there is no small amount ...don't be shy;) All bank details are at the end of the file. For more details about XonPhao and our actions: Communication and Partnership : caroline@vision-ethique.com CEO : Mrs PhouthAlee Vongsamai : xonpaolao@gmail.com

1. XON PHAO
DISABLED PEOPLE WORKING GROUP
Together we can

2. WHAT WE DO
OUR GOALS
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3. XON PHAO LAOS
DISABLED WORKING GROUP
IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
OFFERING HELP AND SUPPORT TO THOSE WHO HAVE
DISABILITIES AND POOR ETHNIC WOMEN.
Xon Phao was created in 2017 by Phoutaly Vongsamai and 4
colleagues to provide a space where they could share their skills
in textiles and design with others.
Having grown up in a low-income earning family and living with a
physical impairment, Phoutaly has overcome much hardship and
stigma to complete high school and find a job.
--
The center became the platform where Phoutaly and other
persons with disabilities from across Lao PDR can have
opportunities to earn a living and give back to the community
STORY

4. « TRANSFORMING THE BURDEN
INTO A POWER »
- Ms. Phoutaly Vongsamai - founder & CEO

5. WHAT WE DO - OUR GOALS
Support and provide employment opportunities through hands
on vocational training such as : hotel and receptionist services,
administration, marketing and financial literacy skills.
Provide vocational training in sewing, handicraft, eco-friendly
and recycled products.
Assist people for support vocational training and jobs
for people with disabilities and poor ethnic women.
Including poor ethnic women, polio
survivors, the vision impaired, persons
born with disabilities, and those living with
disabilities following an accident.
32
17
15 Men
Women

6. « THE SUCCESS OF THE XON PHAO HAS COME
FROM THE POSITIVITY THAT IS CREATED BYTHE
GROUP. EVERYONE IS HERE TO LEARN FROM
EACH OTHER AND COMES WITH A STRONG
WORK ETHIC. PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES HAVE
ALWAYS BEEN CREATIVE, IT IS HOW WE FIND
OUR OWN WAY THROUGH CHALLENGES THAT
ARE NOT ALWAYS EXPERIENCED BY THOSE
ABLE-BODIED»
Ms. Phoutaly Vongsamai
founder & CEO

7. BEAUTIFUL
HIGH-QUALITY
UNIQUE
WHAT WE DO - OUR GOALS
The Center is a place where each member
is working to produce handicrafts that are
Throughout 2019, Xon Phao gradually increased its
product selection to include shopping bags, purses,
clothes, home appliances, embroidery, and shoes-
while maintaining a focus on learning new skills,
handicrafts and eco-friendly products, and trades from
both international and local experts.
By selling their quality products at the Lao night
markets, news spread quickly about the Center, and
the increasing tourism trade in Vientiane enabled the
Center to expand gently but surely.

8. OVERALL OBJECTIVES
of physically disabled people
into the workforce to fight
against discrimination against
local ethnic minorities, women
and the disabled
with the sale of products on the
international and local market
with the creation of training
workshops
with the cultivation of an
organic chicken andvegetable
farm and using filter water
tanks
INTEGRATION
CREATE A COMMUNITY
RESILIENCE
SELF-SUFFICIENCY
GENERATE
INCOME

9. OUR STRATEGY
In addition to look for new incomes and partnerships
with local and international organisation, we will
manage a crowdfunding campaign to involve all
our network over the world.
We already raised some labour for free, material
donations and funds.
We are trying to be realistic and not too much
ambitious, hoping that in early 2022 the borders
will be open again so that we'll be able to host and
provide some workshops for small groups of tourists
sent by local travel agencies and shops with which
we are already in partnership.
We established a retro-planning of our actions by
taking into account the priorityneeds and the external
elements independent of ourwill: weather conditions,
economic context of Laos and prospects.
Our cornerconcept boutique in the downtown center
of Vientiane should also generate more incomes
and advertising for our activities on direct sales in
order to improve all the facilities in our center and
create a healthy place to live, respecting the rights
of the disabled.
ACTION PLAN PARTNERSHIPS
RETRO-PLANNING CONCEPT STORE

10. OUR INCOMES
100 000 000
75 000 000
50 000 000
25 000 000
0
Events
Donations
Orders
Boutique stores
Workshops
PREVISION FROM
OCT. TO DEC. 2021
Thanks to 3 new partnerships in 2021 that
generated a lot of special orders, we were
able to raise our income by 18% in one year !
Ourcornerconceptboutiqueinthedowntown
center also generated more incomes and
advertising for our activities on direct sales.
We are hoping that this year the Greetings
Seasons 2021 would start in October with
as many pop-up stores and fair markets as
last year.
2021
+18%
2020

11. WHAT WE NEED

12. When the pandemic arrived in Lao PDR last March 2019, like
many small enterprises, the team at Xon Phao was unsure
how they would manage this uncertain situation, as the
Center could no longer access funding, materials nor the
machines necessary to keep production to move forward.
With the borders closing, Xon Phao was unable to complete
several orders for international clients, which had been a
reliable income stream prior to the pandemic. Even the
training programs that had been established through
international connections came to a standstill.
The team at Xon Phao realized that they had to adapt to
the COVID-19 situation and diversify their products quickly
to better cater to the demands of the Lao market during
the pandemic. Starting with the production of reusable
cotton face masks to sell in local shops, the Center has
since ventured into more robust and simplified textiles and
jewelry to make ends meet.
Fortunately, with the support of local businesses partners
and past clients, Xon Phao was able to join the many local
handicraft fairs and exhibitions in recent months, which
has helped the Center to recover some of the initial losses
from earlier in the year.

13. Xon Phao has beenwellsupported by their neighbors, friends,
and families, who have often donated materials and even
brought food and essential items for the members since
the beginning of COVID-19 crisis.
One friend, which kindly support them, gave them a new
space with an emptywarehouse including 2 small connected
buildings (400 m2) and a big garden as the old center close
to the airport became really old and unhealthy especially
during the rainy season where everything was all moldy.
Rental fees will be free of charge during 3 months, they just
have to pay electricity and water bill. Then they have to
pay 15 000 000 kip per month (50% will be paid by XonPhao
and the other 50% by a Japanese association).
The Xon Phao team moved since May 2021 in this new space
that will better accommodate the customized workstations
and workspace needed for persons with mixed abilities to
best perform in their chosen trades.
The team says that COVID-19 taught them the importance
of building more resilient businesses for the future and are
now looking to increase the use of local and sustainable
materials, grow their clients based in Lao PDR, and aim to
establish a small farm and training center, raising chickens
and growing vegetables for both consumption and sale.

14. WHAT WE NEED
REHABILITATION COLIVING AND WORKSHOP PLACE
SANITARY BLOCKS DORMITORY KITCHEN
WORKSHOP ORGANIC FARM
& GARDEN
5 168 $ 2 898 $ 610 $
2 803 $
410 $
11 889 $
TOTAL

15. SANITARY BLOCKS
Designed for disabled people
Special equipment
4 TOILETS/BATHROOM
1 REDO FOR THE WORKING SHOP 1 REDO FOR THE ROOM 1
2 NEW ONES NEXT TO THE
DORM-IN FOR THE RESIDENTS
AND THE PUBLIC

16. WORKSHOP SPACE
CONCRETE WHEELCHAIR RAMP
ALL AROUND THE BUILDING
REDO OF THE ROOF AND
ENTIRE INSULATION
WATER FILTERS FOR
DRINKABLE WATER
MORE SEWING MACHINES
AND ACCESSORIES

17. DORMITORY
Partition walls and sliding doors
Roof and Insulation
Equipment : handle solar lights, beds etc
P70 P70 P70 P70
P90
4000
16000
3853
3400
3280
3727
600
600
Sheet
No.:
Scale:
4 ROOMS FOR 4 FAMILIES
EXISTING SPACE - STORAGE PROJECT - TOP VIEW

18. CHICKEN HEN &
ORGANIC GARDEN
RAISE CHICKEN HEN
GROW AN ORGANIC
VEGETABLES GARDEN
MAKE A NICE GARDEN
AND GROW PLANTS

19. KITCHEN
RAISE WORKTOP
BUY EQUIPMENT
REDO THE ROOF
ADD WATER FILTER

20. 100 CHICKEN DONATED
TIMELINE / CALENDAR
AUDIT EXPERT CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN
CHICKEN HEN
& ORGANIC GARDEN
SANITARY BLOCKS
WORKSHOP SPACE KITCHEN
2022
JUNE 2021
AUGUST 2021
OCTOBER 2021
DORMITORY
3 SEWING MACHINE DONATED 2 WATER FILTERS DONATED
1 WATER FILTER DONATED
1 WATER FILTER DONATED
1 2
3
6 7
4
5

21. BUDGET AND DONORS
6 000
4 000
2 000
0
Sanitory
Working space
Dornitory
Organic farm
Kitchen
Admin
WE STILL NEED TO RAISE
OUR DONORS
VISIONETHIQUE
ML CREATIONS
CFA
GIZ
ABUNDANCE WATER
JAPANESE WOMEN DISABLE HAPPINESS
LAO THAN SAMAI COMPANY
KELVIN WEE AND INDIVIDUAL DONORS
LE COMPTOIR SHOP
XON PHAO WORKERS
LOVE LIFE CAFE
BUDGET
NEEDED ($)
PLEDGES
DONATIONS ($)
$2 459*
*UP TO DATE
+67%
$ 8 257

22. OUR PARTNERS
2020 2021
Support for Women’s Happiness :
Shopping bag, shoes, natural soaps,
placemat
Nam Theun 2 : Shopping bag
KoiCa : customize masks with their logo
Mergion
Same partners as 2020 and...
UK Embassy : customize masks with
their flag
Le Comptoir Shop: Bees wrap wax
European Union : shopping bag
Agatis : napkins with embroided logo
Agrisud : workshop with recycled
products
ALREADY TRUSTING US AND INVOLVED

23. CONTACT US
if you want to help us ( volonteer, donations, materials...)
please feel free to get in touch with us for more details
Founder & CEO
xonpaolao@gmail.com kelvin@kelvinwee.com
caroline@vision-ethique.com
+856 20 5516 5868
+856 20 5232 6066
Marketing/Communication
Crowdfunding campain
Volunteer, Grant
MS. PHOUTHALEE VONGSAMAI MS.CAROLINE DEBONNAIRE KELVIN WEE

24. SUPPORT US
BCEL BANK
with a financial donation
010-12-00-01810510-001
XON PHAO DISABLED PEOPLE WORKING GROUP
B. SIKHAI-THONG, M.SIKHOTTABONG, VIENTIANE CAPITAL
SAVING ACCOUNT OF CORPORATE
CORPORATE
10122467
LAK
1.25
A/C No
A/C Name
Address
Account type
Customer type Rate
Currency
Passbook

25. IF YOU LIKE OUR PRODUCTS AND WANT TO KNOW MORE...
FIND THEM
MAKE THEM
AT OUR STORE
XonPhao handicrafts shop
Nokeokoummane Street, Vientiane
AT ''LE COMPTOIR
BOUTIQUE CONCEPT STORE''
Setthathilath Street, Vientiane
ON REQUEST
VISIT OUR CENTER
XonPhao Disabled People Working Group
Ban Somsanouk, Hatsayfong District
Vientiane Laos
WORKSHOPS
small groups from 4 to 10 people