Children of the Poor | Laos Back Roads & Hmong Villages E29

[@neeneelaolife7131]

Longxan ເປັນເມືອງນ້ອຍໆທີ່ໜ້າທ່ອງທ່ຽວ,ຂ້ອຍມັກໄປຢ້ຽມຢາມຊາວບ້ານທີ່ໜູ່ບ້ານຕັ້ງຢູ່ບໍລິເວນແຄມແມ່ນ້ຳຊາວບ້ານເຜົ່າຂະມຸທີ່ນີ້Friendly ຫຼາຍ ເຖິງວ່າເຂົາເຈົ້າຈະທຸກຍາກແຕ່ກໍ່ຮູ້ສຶກວ່າເຂົາເຈົ້າມີຄວາມສຸກຫຼາຍຍິ້ມແຍ້ມແຈ່ມໃສ ສະເໜີ. Longxan is a small town that is attractive for tourists. I like to visit the villagers who are located near the river. The villagers here are very friendly. Although they are poor, I feel that they are very happy and smile always.

[@AiJaiDeeSaMer]

Looks like you guys are having so much fun everywhere you go and the local people are so welcoming. That's like paradise to me.

[@grahamessen736]

Can't think of a better way for you guys to spend my small monthly donation, the joy on the children's faces receiving these items tells the story, no words needed. Thank you Todd and Nee Nee for making the world a better place one child at a time.

[@NowinLao]

Thank you Graham, much appreciated mate 🙏

[@costasworldofmusicmemories5792]

Doing God's work Todd. You , Neenee and Mina . You are legends. And to meet the friendliest people from Hmong . That's a special bond you never forget. Great Video as always. ❤ Jim and Harriet

[@disb0iin510]

I’m hoping that Todd is really doing god’s work and not CIA

[@NowinLao]

You got me.. yeah, I'm CIA 😐😏

[@meksavanhmanivong2493]

👍👈Todd !! Beautiful kids! Very happy kids! Good on Todd

[@apolloorosco6852]

That's what it's all about , seeing those smiles makes me want to smile. 😀

[@terranceyeo3087]

look how they got excited for books

[@Vinnie101a]

Yes indeed. Thirsty for knowledge. Love it.

[@wiccanfpv]

Amazing video Tod,in tears again.Sending love.

[@ballistic350]

Thank you Todd and your wife for recognizing my hmong people everywhere you go

[@terranceyeo3087]

hello todd,nee nee, mina

[@NowinLao]

Thanks Terrance 👋

[@billpeterson178]

Found myself sitting here, actually smiling out loud. The kids faces, amazing.

[@smudger4497]

lovely happy people a good video thank you 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[@GuyVogel-p5f]

Do yourself a good deed and spend the next 42 minutes and watch this video. These young kids have not been destroyed like the kids in this unstable country. Giving them just the littlest and smallest token puts the biggest smile of happiness and thankfulness on their face. You'll never get that from from an American kid today. I would never help anybody here ever again. I've learned my lesson. it doesn't work. It's healthier to give to those who are grateful. Seeing them happy is enough of a reciprocation.

[@EdwinPaul-b5y]

The women in these villages are fit slim healthy and beautiful, a great place to call home if a man is looking a for fantastic lifestyle, cycling northern Laos has been a massive highlight in my Adventures

[@rksaulsmd]

Humor is universal!

[@agentmmarts3059]

Todd Hale's is God's sent to Laos. Awesome job there Comrade.

[@Wapiman]

Orady says the small trees are rubber. I think these must be for transplanting.

[@mrvang8077]

Very much appreciative of what you're doing there for those villages. God bless you brother.

[@peterhoward7521]

my old girlfriend and I used to sing Vans song crazy love to each other after a few wines, still brings a tear.I know you have been told many times what a wonderful thing you are doing in Laos, just add me to the list.peter.

[@Curt-r9d]

Brings a tear too

[@ckwicko]

FIFO Back at work and rewarded with another great video to watch. Love it 👍

[@NowinLao]

Happy to keep you entertained while away at work mate. Take care 👍

[@graemeaylward8313]

Wow Todd and the gang, what an epic vlog to end the series with. It has been a long and dusty road for you guys but for us at home it has been a wonderful adventure at every twist and turn. For me this episode summed up the whole trip. Your love for the people of the Hill tribes and this part of Laos is evident and that is reciprocated by all those you meet. I think that it was very fitting that your generosity was rewarded by the village people who wanted to show their gratitude to these caring, farangs, and invited you to share a beer laos with them! The thirst for knowledge that the children have is amazing and one hopes that their true potential can be realised in due course. Mina is a shining example of how, given the right environment, her thirst for knowledge and dedication to study can bear fruits. It was good that Jeremy and Clare could join you on this trip, which added another dimension. As always, thank you for taking us along with you. You, Neenee and now Mina are legends! God bless you and all the people that you have encountered on your journey. 😀❤🙏

[@NowinLao]

Was awesome having you along for the ride Graeme.. now for the next one! 😉👍

[@nevillelomas6368]

Hey Todd, making a lot of people happy there . Good work Todd Neenee and Mina. Take care Nev

[@RPalma2973]

Watching from 🇨🇦 love your content

[@jacquelinesullivan5873]

Yes😊😊😊good to see you are wearing a hat . Haha. Great vlogs as per usual showing great country scenery.

[@geraldmoore9275]

The wife was right this time. All the children along the river having fun. So many loved the gifts, note books and books. The hats and clothes went fast. Great job all five of you. ❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊

[@lyradm1]

Just awesome work you folks are doing for the less fortunate people.

[@roberttee9790]

Bravo sir. Excellent work. All of you. We could feel the love through the tv. 👍👍💛💛

[@BobMelsimpleliving.]

Todd it sounds like you are getting very good with the local language. 👍👍It does make a lot of since living there. I bet Mina is teaching you. 😁

[@NowinLao]

You're right.. I am picking more up off Mina 👍

[@teoschatz8430]

🤗🙏🏼! Great video, enjoyed it, thank you. Those logs at the market, I believe they use them as a fire starter. Take care, and stay well.

[@chiccenhawkc]

💯🔥💙👍

[@richardsimpson7776]

That brought back great memories. Beer Lao, Beer Lao getting invited into a little party. Food, alcohol and karaoke.

[@Vinnie101a]

They have so little. But they want to share their happiness.

[@donaldthomas7753]

Fantastic! Children with a desire and love to learn. This episode was so lovely, and the children were so excited to see you all. As always, loved the black and white photos. E29 was great and looking towards E30. Thanks, Todd.

[@NowinLao]

Hey Donald 👋 Unfortunately that is it for this series. Only a debriefing video to come with Jeremy & Claire back in Vientiane a couple of days after we returned to Vientiane. A video I think you will enjoy though. So happy you enjoyed riding along with us on this adventure. Not too long now until the next.. Start packing! 😉👍

[@BadMedizin]

❤👍👍👍🙏

[@GuyVogel-p5f]

I gave you a thumbs up and I subscribed because of the giving to children. You said: "normally we don't do this." Just look at the smiles of happiness on the faces of those young children. That right there should be enough of a faithful reason for you to do it every weekend. After all how much can it cost? As you do this great deed and add those experiences to your channel you'll see more subscribers sharing with you.

[@randyhogsed3654]

Beautiful ! I wish that I had a dozen of them. Lao kids that is. I guess that I should say, I wish that I could Afford a dozen. LOL

[@CloverStarz]

Thanks Todd god bless 🙌

[@sourivathphonthepsone]

hey FC from Canada love your video cheer

[@robertmcquade6251]

What a great little village

[@ayangdidi5524]

As usual, you Todd and Madame NiNi are like "Père and Mère Noel" bringing happiness to these poorvpopulations of Laos forgotten by selfish rulers from Vientiane.😊

[@scottgordon1781]

Brought tears to my eyes :-)

[@sativeunchanthalangsy7147]

Thank you for your love of laos 🇱🇦

[@elizabethwilsonwall1049]

I love that the kids were so thrilled to receive books! I hope you will go visit Robin who makes the beanies when you are in OZ!

[@kingkongkingkong4718]

Those kids are fearless 😂😂 But that’s how you kill time in rulers area

[@Curt-r9d]

❤️ crazy love

[@scotbownes5627]

Love it 👍🙂

[@ewengillies9826]

Those kids are so humble but so thankful it does one's heart good to see a generation like that. The West can learn so much from them. We get the same from the Thai and Filipino kids and their families. Great work guys so rewarding. Bushyboy Oz.

[@keosay6608]

Amazing adventure Tod ..thank you ❤️

[@rusty-n4o]

GREAT VLOG

[@jamessaechao7026]

May god bless your heart, you have a big heart

[@bobjuniel8683]

I bought a four stage UV water filter system for a Thai family, and I am aware that two other households now also bottle water from it. Buying drinking water at even at 30 cents a litre is beyond poor families. In rural areas where pesticides are used and water is brown from dirt and plant matter, the more filtration the better. I cannot convince them to re use glass bottles instead of re using plastic bottles that may emit carcinogenic chemicals that can cause death before old age. Even explaining that plastic containers, especially in Asian heat, can cause damage to the endocrine/hormone system chemically castrating the men does not register. Plastic bottles are light to carry, glass is heavy. A community water filter for 3 or 4 houses is a major boost to community health, and not buying bottled water is a big budget saver. A clever beneficiary would lobby the Lao government. It would be hard to compete with the bottled water companies like Coca Cola and Chang Beer. I look down and say, "Life was meant to be hard."

[@keithhowell4138]

Another great video.🇦🇺

[@alastairross9628]

Maybe poor in monetary terms and possessions but "rich" in many other ways. What a welcome from the kids 💖

[@NowinLao]

Absolutely right mate. Cash poor.. but rich in lifestyle and culture 👌

[@hadynjeffrey8210]

Great video smiled all the way through ❤️

[@mtnmandeluxe5429]

Howdy Todd,,what an extraordinarily friendly village. Man those people and the kids were just happy to see you guys. I dont think my niece was having fun at the village beerfest. She really flinched from the woman trying to to touch her. I really cant blame her. Its gotta be kinda tough being a rock star at 7. She was herself at the restaurant,,❤❤❤❤ so all is well. Was that village extra trashy or was that just me? Recycling at the guest house 👍👍👍👍👍,, happy you guys had a nice trip. Ttyl,,,Marlon

[@NowinLao]

It wasn't you mate.. it was extra trashy 🫤

[@yingxiong7495]

Love you guys

[@urbanfrit]

I've said this before, I know, but you've done it again. That was your best episode yet. How did 40 minutes go so quick? I could happily watch another couple of hours ❤

[@keithmuckchucker6468]

Another awesome video Todd and co🙏

[@NowinLao]

Thanks Keith 👍

[@scottgordon1781]

And all out with the language and banter , had the ladies laughing :-) Not really heard all that from you before :-)

[@Walt-ck5qn]

Todd & Neenee, great work you're doing over there for impoverished children and families. Makes others feel good in the hope of seeing people paying it forward as the two of you do. Blessings to you! Such welcoming, hospitable, friendly people despite their circumstances. I can understand your description and opinion of them. I totally agree with you. Didn't know of the Khmu people until I watched this video, though familiar with the Hmong. Good looking produce! Surprised to see fish there, how close are they to a water source to fish? Interesting and very enjoyable video! Continued safe travels!

[@NowinLao]

Hi Walt.. yes, the Khmu are the true indigenous people of Laos and unfortunately in many cases the poorest. Even though Laos is landlocked fish are plentiful because of so many rivers and streams here. Any other seafood is imported from Thailand or Vietnam

[@ntsejfamyaj]

The little kid at 42:45 was saying, "That man looks funny."

[@tomhorn6156]

Is,n it strange, We all human small or big. Got to love us :-)

[@paulwooster3590]

Wonderful video.

[@NowinLao]

Cheers mate

[@asiane]

Those wood are not to smell. It's to help 'Started' fire faster.

[@vernsaeteurn1]

Hi Todd, I am Iu Mien or Yao from Laos, and I am now living in America. I am FC of your channel. I follow you everywhere in Laos. You go to the Hmong and Khamu villages, but I don’t see you going to the Iu Mien or Yao villages. Would you mind going to Iu Mien or Yao villages to see what the Iu Mien people look like?

[@donaldplagge9675]

Cassava growing where you were looking

[@NowinLao]

Nah.. that's not cassava Donald. Cassava has a more spear shaped leaf that's darker green and much bushier at that height. 👍

[@Wapiman]

We went to the Salavan cave yesterday with another foreigner (Aussie) who married up. Great cave. Can you easily point me to your video of the cave? I think it was in a Big Wet Tour but it's not jumping out.

[@NowinLao]

A cave in Salavan.. 🤔 I can't recall going to a cave in that province, Skip. Do you have a name for it?

[@Wapiman]

@@NowinLao Phouphasouk. I know that when I saw your video that I wanted to visit. I would like to add some positive comments to encourage people to visit. Okay if you don't remember. I'll go through Big Wet. I hope that I see something soon where Neenee is walking without pain.

[@Wapiman]

It was in the video where you climbed up the bombed bridge. I have added my comments.

[@NowinLao]

@@Wapiman Aahhhh yeahh.. Had forgotten about that one. Great cave!!Here's the vid mate kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYPPmZyidtR8iLssi=jVHNnGyW0RhQ63xP

[@toddhendley67]

Thanks!

[@toddhendley67]

Todd there's a special place for you in both Heaven and Nirvana. I can't wait to turn 60 in 33 months, retire to Udonthani with my wife and have beers with you. Please keep supporting those who both need and deserve it. Cheers mate from your redneck friend in West Virginia, USA.

[@NowinLao]

Thanks again Todd, champion 💪

[@gavreynolds2689]

Hey Todd another great video mate. I've seen those types of beautiful kids on my travels in various "poorer" countries where they don't have a lot but their smiles are from ear to ear. Hey mate are you going to be in Vientiane during June? I've got a month trip planned starting in Bangkok but Laos is not far away and I've never been there and would like to say hello if possible?

[@GuyVogel-p5f]

I will second that. The women in those villages are so beautiful, so fit and look very balanced mentally. I would change my whole life by going over there living such a simplified life style where the natives accept you. Where you are not judged. Where there's no divisiveness. And where there's harmony. Those children were so thankful at receiving a little something. It made him feel recognized. As the saying goes: "when you are born and bred as an American in the states consider yourself fortunate." Well, that may be true but only to a slight degree these days. I can easily answer that with: "you sure as hell pay a price for it." Americans are not happy. They are at war with each other. And there's a lot of fakery in the states. Even those who are able to fulfill their life style have gone off the rails. They are a troubled people. They keep busy by going after more. It's never enough. This is their fix for another 24 hours of sanity. People here are money crazy, divisive and untrusting. In America, no good deed goes unpunished. You step up to the plate and help another in need and they'll ask you one of two questions. Number one: "what are you doing this for?" Number two: "what is it you want?" The birth of a new mental illness is on its way in the states.

[@bobjuniel8683]

Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day, give him a fishing line and he eats for a year.

[@NowinLao]

For sure.. but in rural villages where everybody can fish and grow their own food, where does the money come from to buy clothing, school books, cooking oils etc ? These people aren't starving Bob, they're cash poor.

[@Vinnie101a]

Only gets to eat if he is a better fisherman than me.

[@NowinLao]

@@Vinnie101a 😆👍

[@davidh1927]

Wow..really good...very happy villagers for certain.......so we can send you things to that address? Like hats ect? Do they need to be brand new or are good condition seconds ok?

[@NowinLao]

No, they don't have to be new. Thank you so much 🙏

[@ntsejfamyaj]

trucks = Belt and Road

[@Bobwa2008]

The kids had a good laugh 🤣 with the bra. The man sings pretty good.

[@NowinLao]

He had a great voice mate 👍

[@LesBurgess1867]

They dont have a pot to p@ss in ...but they have beer Lao and a night club in the garden ...love their style 👌🍻

[@donbrashsux]

Nice to see the Ladyboy coming out frm within Todd 😂😂

[@NowinLao]

Hahaha 😘

[@DarrelJones-i6y]

Man, you're doing great things over there. Massive good karma!

[@chinadave2854]

Todd they look like kangaroo rats we have them in the desert here in California looks the same to me lol

[@NowinLao]

Good protein source 😉👍

[@disb0iin510]

Todd, I hope you don’t work for CIA. These tribal people suffered tremendously and lost a lot of family members during secret war of Laos. Especially Hmong tribe lost the most. Now you get see and show the world how French colonialism did to these tribal people. Each family had to pay a head tax to French colonizer every year. Some families are so poor they had to sell their children to pay their taxes or face prosecution by French soldiers.

[@NowinLao]

Damn! ..my cover is blown 🫤

[@SamuelPiette-yd7kf]

Great job may you remain blessed forever, please do you have Facebook or Instagram.

[@GuyVogel-p5f]

I gave you a thumbs up and I subscribed because of the giving to children. You said: "normally we don't do this." Just look at the smiles of happiness on the faces of those young children. That right there should be enough of a faithful reason for you to do it every weekend. After all how much can it cost? As you do this great deed and add those experiences to your channel you'll see more subscribers sharing with you.

[@NowinLao]

Thank you Guy for subscribing... When I said " we don't normally do this.." I meant.. "We don't normally give donations to children without a parent or adult present" Yes, we are always taking care of the kiddies and making sure we have something for them, but in most cases it's always in a community setting. We have to be careful not to send the wrong message.. if you know what I mean. Glad you enjoyed the video.. we have so many more just like this. Thanks again Guy 👍

[@GuyVogel-p5f]

Wow! Well, that is sad. I thought it was more of an American thing where you had to make sure parents were present. I wouldn't have thought that it was like that over there within a country of great need. But yes, I understand totally what you are referring to especially being a foreigner. Seems like wherever you go today you have to cya. I'm glad to see that you moved there as an Australian. As far as the states go the country is going down hill. I do not know what America will be called in the years to come. So much adversity happening rather quickly. I'm looking to relocate. I studied up on the Philippines for sometime then scratched it off. Not for me. I was in Vietnam twice, Thailand, Malaysia...but then I just recently dove into the country of Laos. Life seems so workable there. Still hashing out the land ownership issues. Keep up on your life experiences as you go along. You channel is great. And I will pass it along. Thanks for the reply.

[@NowinLao]

Land ownership is like anywhere in SEAsia.. you have to be a citizen of that country. Foreigners cannot own land in Laos.

[@SamuelPiette-yd7kf]

Great job may you remain blessed forever, please do you have Facebook or Instagram.

[@SamuelPiette-yd7kf]

Great job may you remain blessed forever, please do you have Facebook or Instagram.

[@NowinLao]

@@SamuelPiette-yd7kf Thank you.. links in the description, or search Now in Lao' on both 👌