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TerraClear Gives Opportunity to Workers: A Better Life for Khamming
Hello everyone, my name is Khamming and I am a sales representative with TerraClear in Vientiane, the capital of Laos. I graduated from high school with a degree in electricity, but had an accident and had to take care of myself by staying at home for a year. After recovering, I started working as a…
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A story of change for Mae Ning’s family
In June, the TerraCare team had a follow up visit to Nam Tang Village, Pak Song District, Champassak Province. The team was there to train, monitor and observe customers who had received a water filter from TerraCare. These villagers have also received several lessons teaching about benefits of drinking clean water, handwashing, dry latrine construction…
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TerraKids Program to Host Workshops for Teachers in August 2021
The TerraKids Team recently received permission from education officials to host two Teacher Training Workshops in August 2021. We are grateful that the training is scheduled just before schools open for the new school year. This is a wonderful opportunity to share materials and techniques for teachers to use immediately as the new school year…
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The Great Contribution of the Ban Abe Village Organization
Hello, my name is Bounyoun Siengthong and I want to share my work experience as a TerraClear sales representative. First of all who read this, hello to people who care about clean water in Laos, people who help financially to see this work done, also to all TerraClear staff, whether it is the production team,…
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TerraClear gets Vaccinated
Laos began vaccinating for COVID mid-March, using AstraZeneca (132,000 doses, donated through the UN COVAX program) and Sinopharm (1.4 million doses donated by the Chinese government). The goal is to vaccinate 50% of the population in Laos by the end of 2021. TerraClear has participated in the vaccination effort with 15 employees already fully vaccinated…
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COVID Lockdown Comes to Laos!
COVID finally arrived in Laos. For one year, Laos was able to keep COVID at bay, by carefully requiring quarantine for all arrivals into Laos. For one year, the cases of COVID in Laos were less than 50, with no community transmission. Then, Lao New Year 2021 (April 14-16) was celebrated in a more normal…
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Happy Lao New Year 2021 To All Our Family and Friends
On April 10, 2021 TerraClear employees and their families celebrated Lao New Year at Champi Waterfall in Paksong, Champasak with food, games and gifts. We are grateful for every one of our staff who traveled to join us on this occasion and for every employee’s hard work throughout the year. We had a week off…
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TerraKids Team invited to visit 24 schools in 2 districts
Early in the morning we begin our drive from the TerraClear factory. Turning off the main road, we quickly find ourselves on unpaved roads filled with orange dust and often have to cross a stream or two to reach some of the most remote, rural schools. We usually travel only 40-50 kilometers (30-40 miles) to reach a school, but our journey usually takes between one and a half to two hours to arrive. Some of the schools…
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Tippy Tap Handwashing Station in Dakcheung
Written By Anousone Ngonephetsy – TerraCare Team Leader On March 9, the TerraClear sales promotion team traveled to Dakcheung District in southern Laos to give lessons on health and hygiene to villagers. These villagers received TerraClear filters through the TerraCare program which gives subsidized filters to poor families throughout southern Laos. During the training, it…
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Women’s Day, 2021 celebrated by TerraClear!
Women’s Day is celebrated worldwide every year on March 8. It is a special moment for women and men from all different backgrounds and cultures to band together to celebrate women and work towards gender parity and women’s rights. In Laos, it is an official holiday so that businesses and the government can recognize and…