In the name of all the team of the Association Terre des Sourires, Switzerland and Laos, we warmly thank the Rotary Club of Nogent-le-Rotrou for its financial support in the framework of our water projects in Laos, Province of Oudomxay. In addition to their generosity, we were moved by their empathy with the various challenges that Laos is currently facing, both in economic terms as well as the global issues of the rural regions in which we are working.
Yesterday, we celebrated the 4th months of the opening of our first community water kiosk 💧in Ban Nahom, Oudomxay Province, Lao PDR 🥳. Despite the economic crisis affecting the country and the monsoon representing a significant meteorological challenge, our results are positive:
✓ Beneficiaries are now being accustomed to our services
✓ “Customers/ villagers” are becoming loyal
✓ Sales are increasing
✓ The costs related to the water kiosk are covered by the income generated (self-financing of our Water Kiosk ensured)
The tenacious commitment of the local employees in charge of the water kiosk is remarkable 💪 and our local team is constantly surprising us by their dedication 👏
Now that our first area of action, access to clean water, is set up, we will soon be ready to move on to the next step 👉 the implementation of hygiene and healthy nutrition trainings and … 🥁 the construction of our second community water kiosk 💧 More news will come soon 😄
Here are some pictures of some of our sales points in the most remote villages of the region.
