Story experienced and written by Jemimah Sam lobo November 2024 Mae Tao Vieng, which translates to ‘Grandma Vieng’ lives in a little village named Oudommai. It is situated in Attapue, a south-eastern province in Laos. As we drive up a rugged road to meet Mae Tao Vieng, little wooden houses...
Told by Lenin Ne, TerraClear Representative, Champassak Province, Laos October 2024 Tey and Lah, a young couple living in Kongthoon village, are the proud parents of two daughters, Maina and Anu, ages 4 and 2. From the moment Maina was born, Tey and Lah’s hearts were burdened with a constant...
TerraKids recently pioneered a first of its kind Teacher Training Workshop in Champasak, a province in southern Laos. The workshop which was held on the 30th & 31st of July, 2024 was aptly titled ‘Training Teachers to Promote the Wellbeing of Neglected Children’. Around 50 teachers from different schools in...
Soun lives in Khamteu Village in southern Laos. At 60 years old, his life is unconventional for a Lao man: he never married and has no family to care for him in his later years. Despite his hard work, Soun struggles to afford more than the basic necessities of life....
By Mr. Vilaiphone Xaiyasen Mr. Vilaiphone is a sales representative for TerraClear. He loves his job, selling filters to families all throughout the district of Ta-Oy, in Salavahn Province. His sales area includes about 100 villages, which he rotates through every few months. While Mr. Vilaiphone loves selling the filters,...
At a recent Teacher Training Workshop hosted by the TerraKids team, the teachers were challenged to find new and creative ways to involve students in their learning. So, rather than always having the teacher in front of the class, our team encouraged teachers to involve students in a variety of...
The TerraKids team was recently invited to share their interactive school presentation at a primary school in a very remote village. The team traveled more than 2 hours over dusty roads to reach the school. As they neared the school, they were surprised to see many moms walking to school...
April is the hottest and driest month in Laos. The rains will start in June, but it has been at least 5 months since rain cooled and watered the land. In Dak Cheung, a very mountainous area of southern Laos, the steep mountain roads become impassible not because of mud...
The TerraKids Team was recently invited to deliver water filters and bring their interactive, hands-on presentation to schools on an island in the middle of the Mekong River. There was much excitement among the families living on the island as we loaded the donated filters and our supplies onto several...
In March, 10 needy families (over 40 people) in Dacheung District got subsidized filters. These families live in the village of Nam Ngon Neua, in one of the most rural and difficult to access parts of southern Laos. High in the mountains, Nam Ngon Neua Village sits at the end...
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