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We REALLY Want a Filter!
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 but because the soil dries…
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TerraKids Delivers Water Filters to Island Schools
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 long-tailed boats for the trip…
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Rural Families Get Clean Water
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 of a dirt track which…
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River Water Becomes Safe Drinking Water
Life by the river in Laos provides some benefits. There is an abundance of water available and the river is a source of income. The villagers of Vern Village live next to the Mekong River and are primarily fishermen, getting most of their protein and income generation from this mighty river. They also use the…
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Delivering Filters in the Mud and Muck!
Mud. Slippery. Stuck. Slide. Dirt. Squish. Grubby….. you can only imagine. The condition of the road to PaTang Village in Kaleum District is almost impassible. Yet two TerraClear sales reps, Kadam and Lampang, pushed through. Travelling for 4 hours on a road that, honestly, can hardly be considered passable, these two intrepid workers carried 7…
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World Toilet Day 2023
November 19 is the United Nations ‘World Toilet Day’, celebrated as a call to action to help alleviate open defecation worldwide. Almost half a billion people in the world do not have access to a toilet in their home or community, and many of them are here in Laos! What does it mean for a…
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Dakcheung District Gets a New TerraClear Sales Rep!
Hello my name is Keo. I am the new TerraClear Sales Representative in Dakcheung District, a remote, very difficult to access area in Sekong Province, in southern Laos. While this position offers new challenges, it also has amazing opportunities. I will tell you more, but first let me introduce myself. I am from Sekong Province,…
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Even Dirty Water Becomes Clean!
In Ban Kong Savan village in Soukuma District, Champassak Province, Laos, TerraClear representative Biet held a meeting to teach the villagers about clean water, health, and choosing a TerraClear household water filter for their own homes. Many villagers came and they all participated well in the training. They were amazed that a company was coming…
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Milestones of 2022
Is it ever too late to celebrate Milestones? Maybe not! So here is a summary of some of our 2022 milestones for our two social programs: TerraCare and TerraKids. TerraCare In 2022, TerraCare completed placement of 4790 subsidized filters into the homes of needy families. In addition, each family received 5 or 6 trainings in…
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Grandma Kun Gets a Filter
Grandma Kun lives with her eldest son’s family in LaSeng Village in Salavan Province, Laos. There are 8 people in Grandma Kun’s household: her son and his wife and their 3 children as well as 2 unmarried sons. Grandma Kun and her family are Ta Oy, a minority ethnic group that lives mostly in Salavan…