Our main shop and office are in Luang Prabang, Laos. We also have a shop in Vientiane where you can buy books. (Maps)
Before you send email: Please understand that only one of us is a native English speaker, internet connections can be slow and intermittent, and we all have lots to do to achieve our primary goals of improving literacy and education in Laos. This English-language website was developed so that people in other countries can see what we're doing, but we have few people who are able to answer inquiries in English, and they each have many other responsibilities. Responses to email inquiries will be brief, and may not be as fast as in your country. Before you send email, we ask you to do the following:
• Please look over our website to see if questions are answered here, before sending an email. These pages may help:
Activities and conversation with Laotians
How to help from abroad or while traveling
• Put a few detailed words in the subject line of your message.
• We regret that we are not able to help with requests for travel advice, helping with guesthouse reservations, or forwarding messages, mail, or photographs to people you've met in Laos. We cannot help with distribution of used clothes, toys, medical supplies, school supplies, or other items, nor can we provide support for projects you would like to undertake in Laos. The work described on this website keeps us busy. To purchase books when you are here, there is no need to email in advance, please simply come by and pick out the titles you would like.
BigBrotherMouse@yahoo.com
(country code is 856)
Luang Prabang: 071 254 937
Vientiane: 020 5581 7258 or 021 264 513
Big Brother Mouse
P.O. Box 814
Luang Prabang City
Luang Prabang Province
Laos
Please use this only for Big Brother Mouse business. We cannot forward mail to people you have met here.
Our street address is below; however, note that street names are rarely used or known here. Our Post Office box (P.O.Box) above is the best address to use for mail.
Wat Nong
Phayaluangmeungchan Rd
Luang Prabang
Lao PDR
Visitors sometimes ask: Why do you have unicycles?
Because kids have fun on them. That's reason enough. Children are required to attend school, but that doesn't mean it needs to feel like a prison!
There are other good reasons, as well. When a child first sees a unicycle, they're likely to think "that looks impossible to ride."
When they first try, it feels impossible. But after a few tries, it starts getting a bit easier. Soon, they are hopping on and off, riding around as easily as if they were walking. Soon they're trying new things, going over a bump or down a ramp. One group of boys all tried riding backwards one day. They were able to do it but soon stopped, for precisely the reason that you probably already thought of.
We have unicycles because now students see something that looks impossible, but soon they learn to do it. And they learn it by themselves, perhaps with a little help from their friends. That's every bit as important as any other lesson they will learn.
