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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
https://www.worldtoiletday.info/ 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!...
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....
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