Imagine living in Tuk Luk, a remote poor village in Laos which I could only reach by walking along a narrow track, after wading across a river. Until last year, women walked three hours each way in the hot nights of the dry season to collect water from a soak where buffalo also wallowed. People might go weeks without washing, creating disease and skin sores. The good news is that it's not hard to change. With help from Community Aid Abroad, two wells have been drilled in Tuk Luk.
Clean water is close to home every day.
But over the horizon there are more villages where the lack of water literally means the difference between life and death. Supporters like you have helped local communities achieve near miracles time and again. Please keep up your support by giving a donation now, if you can. Your gift does go a long way. With thanks Mark Deasey Program coordinator for Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and China Water, People and Poverty by Mark Deasey Program coordinator for Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and China Against the backdrop of multi-billion dollar development plans for the Mekong region, water shortages impact heavily on the lives of some of the poorest people on earth.