by Rob West
8. November 2009 07:52
A few weeks ago we were in in Luang Namtha in Northern Laos, a town strangely familiar with its dusty, empty main road, reminicent of say Vulcan, Alberta yet completely alien. The people here are wee in the sense that they are exactly that - 5 feet tall and 50 kilos for the men. Tucked away on a side street is a small World Food Programme (WFP) compound. A week later we were in Luang Prabang, a few hundred kilometres to the south and as we stepped out of our guest house there was a WFP truck as parked out front. A quick chat with the two WFP staff revealed that they are surveying the food security of Laos in the aftermath of the fifth typhoon to sweep in from Vietnam and the South China Sea in 7 weeks.
