An increasing number of volunteers from Singapore are heading to Laos to help build infrastructure and get involved in other areas of community work in Laos. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman ask Yap Wei Ling, Singaporean community work coordinator in Laos, why the landlocked country appeals to Singaporeans and explore the trend of volunteering in a foreign land. 

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