Many Hmong were interested in building schools to educate the children in their villages. In this photo, the Lao Inspector of Education from Luang Prabang Province shows, from left to right, Boua Neng Xiong (Npuag Neeb Xyooj), Cha Chai Thao (Tsav Ntxaij Thoj), and Nao Tou Thao (Nom Rwg Thoj) in Kiu Katiam the first school map of Laos in the Lao language. The map was produced by the U.S. Information Service (USIS). See "Education and Nation Building in Laos." Cha Chai Thao (born in 1915) died in Castres, France in 2007. His fellow villages are also deceased.