Mr. Derrick Semler, director of the Music Laos Project in Brooklin, Maine, talks to VOA about the progress of his project in Laos. He says the Music Laos Project has recently received recognition and help from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in raising needed capital.
The assiatance is targeted for the completion of the construction of a dormitory to house blind students, a music room and classrooms for music therapy on the groud of the International Rehabilitation Center in Vientiane Laos. Mr. Semler plans to visit Laos some time this year to oversee the ongoing work of his porject.