{"id":2401,"date":"2026-02-27T18:55:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2.25.64.129\/?p=2401"},"modified":"2026-02-27T18:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:56:09","slug":"how-smp-leblanc-helped-bring-a-long-stalled-school-project-to-life-in-don-phoung-laos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/?p=2401&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"How SMP LeBlanc Helped Bring a Long-Stalled School Project to Life in Don Phoung, Laos"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2401\" class=\"elementor elementor-2401\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71c9052 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"71c9052\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5d637d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b5d637d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68343aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"68343aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How SMP LeBlanc Helped Bring a Long-Stalled School Project to Life in Don Phoung, Laos<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9ad2a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9ad2a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"display: block; text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\">At <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: white;\">SMP LeBlanc<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we spend most of our days optimizing airflow, improving system performance, and supporting some of Quebec\u2019s most respected institutions. We understand what strong infrastructure does. It protects people. It supports productivity. It creates stability inside buildings that thousands rely on every day. And we believe that responsibility shouldn\u2019t stop at our borders.<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb9ce1c elementor-mobile-align-center custom-date-icon elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"bb9ce1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-9a9be04 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/?m=20260227\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-calendar\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M12 192h424c6.6 0 12 5.4 12 12v260c0 26.5-21.5 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2024, we partnered with PR\u00c9CI as a Gold Sponsor to support the construction of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/?p=1534&amp;lang=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a maternity center in Gasiza<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Rwanda. In 2025, we remained a Gold Sponsor. This time, our partnership brought us to Don Phoung, a rural village in the Xanakham district of Laos, to support the completion of a five-classroom primary school now serving more than 100 children.<\/span><\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2403\" src=\"https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-01-a-21.07.33_0ff6fbdb-1536x758-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-01-a-21.07.33_0ff6fbdb-1536x758-2.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-01-a-21.07.33_0ff6fbdb-1536x758-2-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-01-a-21.07.33_0ff6fbdb-1536x758-2-1024x505.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-12-01-a-21.07.33_0ff6fbdb-1536x758-2-768x379.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photo Credits: PR\u00c9CI<\/span><\/i><\/p><h2><b>A Quick Look Back: The Maternity Center That Changed Gasiza, Rwanda<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For a couple of years now, we&#8217;ve been proud to partner with PR\u00c9CI (Programme de Regroupement \u00c9tudiant pour la Coop\u00e9ration Internationale), a student-led international cooperation program out of the \u00c9cole de technologie sup\u00e9rieure (\u00c9TS) in Montreal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last year, our partnership with PR\u00c9CI took us to Gasiza, a remote region in Rwanda, and at the time, nearly 50 women each month were walking more than 4.5 hours through mountainous terrain to reach the nearest health post. More than 80 percent were giving birth along the roadside, in unsafe and precarious conditions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, women in Gasiza have a safe, accessible place to receive care. It&#8217;s the kind of outcome that reminds you why <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/?p=1534&amp;lang=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">partnerships like these<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> matter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last year\u2019s project in Laos was no different. These are two very different projects, but the thread that connects them is the same, as both address critical gaps in essential infrastructure.<\/span><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2404\" src=\"https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-27-at-4.22.35-PM.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"2452\" height=\"1634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-27-at-4.22.35-PM.webp 2452w, https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-27-at-4.22.35-PM-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-27-at-4.22.35-PM-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-27-at-4.22.35-PM-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-27-at-4.22.35-PM-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-27-at-4.22.35-PM-2048x1365.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2452px) 100vw, 2452px\" \/><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photo Credits: PR\u00c9CI<\/span><\/i><\/p><h2><b>What Our Gold Sponsorship Helped Bring to Life<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year, PR\u00c9CI&#8217;s 31st project brought the team to the village of Don Phoung in the Xanakham district of Laos. And while the setting is different, the need was just as urgent.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The village&#8217;s existing school was falling apart. Literally. The building had deteriorated to the point where it was at risk of collapse, and many parents in the community made the difficult decision to keep their children home rather than send them into a structure they considered unsafe. The school was operating at less than half its capacity. Not because families didn&#8217;t value education, but because the environment was simply too dangerous.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An effort to build a replacement had been started over a decade ago, but it stalled due to lack of funding and never got finished. On top of that, the village had no adequate latrines and limited access to clean water, creating health risks that compounded the education gap.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/preci.etsmtl.ca\/2025\/09\/semaine-1-et-2\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the PR\u00c9CI 2025 team<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, six engineering students with their sleeves rolled up and their technical training ready to go, took on the challenge. <\/span><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2405\" src=\"https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-27-at-4.31.27-PM.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1830\" height=\"1110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-27-at-4.31.27-PM.webp 1830w, https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-27-at-4.31.27-PM-300x182.webp 300w, https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-27-at-4.31.27-PM-1024x621.webp 1024w, https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-27-at-4.31.27-PM-768x466.webp 768w, https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-27-at-4.31.27-PM-1536x932.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1830px) 100vw, 1830px\" \/><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photo Credits: PR\u00c9CI<\/span><\/i><\/p><h2><b>What Got Built in Don Phoung (And Why It Matters)<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over four months, the team and the local community worked side by side to build a space that will serve generations of students to come.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The primary school includes:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>5 classrooms<\/b> <b>spanning<\/b> <b>310 square meters, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which is enough space for well over 100 students, including children from surrounding communities who previously had nowhere to go.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The team also:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>constructed a sanitary block<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to improve hygiene conditions,\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>built a protective structure around the village&#8217;s existing well<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to safeguard the drinking water supply, and<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>installed latrines<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the community didn&#8217;t have before.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But it didn&#8217;t stop there. The project expanded to include:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">an educational garden,\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sports fields with proper courts for soccer, volleyball, and badminton,\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">an incinerator for waste management (a first for the village),\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">terracing and drainage across the school grounds,\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">renovated teachers&#8217; offices, two new water wells, and\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the distribution of ceramic water filters in partnership with the Laotian organization TerraClear.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every student received a personal kit with school supplies, a reusable water bottle, notebooks, and basic hygiene items like a toothbrush and toothpaste. It&#8217;s a small thing on paper. But for a child who&#8217;s never had those tools, it changes the first day of school entirely.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On February 26, 2026, we attended PR\u00c9CI\u2019s impact event in Quebec, where the team walked sponsors through <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/preci.etsmtl.ca\/2025\/12\/semaines-15-et-16\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the construction journey in Don Phoung<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and presented the milestones, challenges, and outcomes made possible through our collective support.<\/span><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2406\" src=\"https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG-20251213-WA0032-1152x1536-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1152\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG-20251213-WA0032-1152x1536-1.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG-20251213-WA0032-1152x1536-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG-20251213-WA0032-1152x1536-1-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1152px) 100vw, 1152px\" \/><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photo Credits: PR\u00c9CI<\/span><\/i><\/p><h2><b>The Part That Sticks With Us<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We build systems that keep people comfortable and safe inside buildings. That&#8217;s our day-to-day. So when we see a community come together to construct a school where children can actually learn without worrying about the roof caving in, it resonates with us on a level that&#8217;s hard to put into words.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The PR\u00c9CI team worked alongside local foremen and dozens of villagers who showed up day after day to help. They poured <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/preci.etsmtl.ca\/2025\/12\/semaines-13-et-14\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">over 5,600 buckets of gravel<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the concrete slab alone. They dug foundations in extreme heat. They navigated roads that would make any Quebecer grateful for our highways (and that&#8217;s saying something). They built not just a school, but trust, relationships, and a shared sense of accomplishment with the people of Don Phoung.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The local partner organization, School for Kids in Laos (SKL), had already secured teachers before construction even began. A maintenance committee has been formed and trained. SKL will continue to oversee fundraising for upkeep and repairs. With local leadership in place, structured maintenance, and long-term oversight, the school is positioned to serve the community for generations to come.<\/span><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2407\" src=\"https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DJI_20000406130234_0253_D-2048x1152-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DJI_20000406130234_0253_D-2048x1152-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DJI_20000406130234_0253_D-2048x1152-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DJI_20000406130234_0253_D-2048x1152-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DJI_20000406130234_0253_D-2048x1152-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DJI_20000406130234_0253_D-2048x1152-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photo Credits: PR\u00c9CI<\/span><\/i><\/p><h2><b>Why We Keep Showing Up<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We know what it takes to build something that works. We know the difference between a structure that just looks finished and one that&#8217;s actually designed to serve the people inside it for years to come.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That understanding is what draws us to PR\u00c9CI. Their approach mirrors something we value deeply in our own work: do it right, do it with precision, and make sure it holds up long after you&#8217;ve left.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our expertise lives in the mechanical systems of Quebec&#8217;s most demanding buildings. But our values don&#8217;t stop at the provincial border. Supporting PR\u00c9CI gives us a way to extend what we care about, community wellbeing, and lasting impact, to communities that need it most.<\/span><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2408\" src=\"https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG-20251216-WA0058-1536x1152-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG-20251216-WA0058-1536x1152-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG-20251216-WA0058-1536x1152-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG-20251216-WA0058-1536x1152-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/smpleblanc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG-20251216-WA0058-1536x1152-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photo Credits: PR\u00c9CI<\/span><\/i><\/p><h2><b>Same Values and Commitment, Different Coordinates<\/b><\/h2><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We believe buildings shape outcomes. In Quebec, that means making sure complex systems operate safely and efficiently. In Don Phoung, it meant helping ensure that a classroom is stable, sanitation is functional, and clean water is protected.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are not just in the business of systems and performance. We are in the business of environments that allow people to move forward. We&#8217;re proud to be part of that. 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