Cartoon logo of Big Brother Mouse, which publishes books and runs schools in Laos
 
Big Brother Mouse
Educating young minds in many ways
A visitor looks at an atlas with three young Lao students.
Drop in to help young Laotians improve their skills, at our activity sessions. Play a math or geography game, discuss a world atlas together.
Several Lao children and a visitor from Europe play a math game. Nine cards with numbers are face up.
When you spend a day at a school, we've got games that you'll enjoy as you make it fun for children to learn English and math, and yes, even the geography games are fun. Honest.
Three boys, including a novice Buddhist monk in an orange robe, sit on the grass reading books
We set out, back in 2006, to make literacy fun! We have done just that for tens of thousands of Lao children. Here's what we've published.
A group stands on a platform overlooking the Nam Ou river and town of Nong Khiao.
Our Big Brother Mouse trips are mostly about seeing our schools and engaging with children and other visitors who want to improve education. But we do some terrific sightseeing, too.

We're improving education for kids in Laos. Will you help?

One or more books being read by children in Laos (picture will sometimes vary) Do you remember the excitement of rushing home to read a book that you hoped would never end? Of getting so immersed in an activity or game that you forgot everything else, and realized years later that the experience was not only fun, but also helped you develop a well-rounded set of mental, physical, and interpersonal skills?

We're Big Brother Mouse, a Lao-based, Lao-owned organization. Since 2006, we've been publishing "books that make literacy fun!" Then, concerned that so many children weren't learning to read, we opened Big Sister Mouse School on the outskirts of Luang Prabang.

We had 13 students that first year (2016-17). They all learned to read. Children loved attending a school that was a lively, happy place. Parents loved that their children were learning, and enjoying it. Now we have 3500 students at 9 schools, and we are continuing to build more.

We can only do it because we get help from around the world. If you're visiting Luang Prabang, we invite you to meet and engage with young Laotians at our shop in town. Visit one of our schools, experience the difference as you interact with students through games and activities. Your financial support will help us build a new school or add to our teacher training program.

Next: A teacher training program

From the time we opened our first school, we've faced an on-going challenge: Finding good teachers. Currently new teachers have spent their life in rote-based classrooms. We provide short training programs, but need much more.

At last, we're in a position to change that. We are building a new school which will include a high school (ages 15-18) for young people who want to become teachers. They will experience our active approach to learning. They will do science experiments, learn and enjoy educational games. Then they'll do these activities with children in lower grades at the same school.

We're acquired the land, and we are ready to begin construction... but we can't do it without help. Will you make this school and teacher-training possible? Please read more about our School and Teacher Training, and then consider donating. Thank you.

A truly fun school day

A visitor to Laos looks at a poster with animal pictures, with Lao students, practicing English together

At Big Sister Mouse, our school in the countryside near Luang Prabang, everyone looks forward to the visitors who help them learn English. We have many ways to make that enjoyable, particularly through games.

If you're visiting Luang Prabang, please join us for a day at Big Sister Mouse. You'll have fun while helping both young adults and smaller children with their education. More about a day at Big Sister Mouse school.

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Education is not the filling of a bucket but the lighting of a fire.