ILO supports VFI to create and operate a Migrant Resource Center in Salavan Province, Southern Lao
VFI initiates a project building capacity of officials at Quarantine Centers in southern Laos to identify victims of human trafficking
VFI celebrates 20 years of operations in Laos, and remains the first and still-only international INGO created in the Lao PDR
VFI turns Bike4Kids! event over to local Cambodian organization and focuses mission on Laos
VFI opens a transit center to help Lao trafficking survivors from Thailand reintegrate into Lao society
VFI opens Vientiane shelter for survivors of human trafficking
VFI’s HEAL project becomes an independent organization, the Association for Community Development
VFI opens the first shelter in Laos for human trafficking survivors, located in Pakse (southern Laos)
VFI opens LINK resource center to educate Lao public, government, and civil society about land rights
VFI creates Angkor Wat Bike4Kids! event in Cambodia, which lasts for 10 years under VFI’s leadership
US State Dept. approves and funds VFI’s first anti-trafficking project
VFI’s original program — Health, Education, Agriculture, Leadership (HEAL) — launches
VFI becomes a registered nonprofit in the US, and the first NGO to operate in Laos