In seven villages of Vang Vieng district Water User Groups bring together all those who will share the water. Men and women meet together regularly to decide how land is to be rotated, and how the water supply will be shared to everyone's advantage. Where there was only one crop a year dependent on the mercy of the rain, patches of green now appear in the dry season. Herbs, vegetables and plants with a hundred other uses can now be watered and nurtured. In Toumlane district in southern Laos, women learn to dismantle and maintain the water pumps that cut several hours drudgery from their day.
Whole communities sit down together to share their water equitably, and plan how best to use it.
It's your help that makes work like this possible. But it takes time to bring about lasting solutions. In the seven years we've worked in Laos Community Aid Abroad has chalked up a lot of success stories. We've been able to move ahead because supporters like you have seen the value of our work. Your donations, and support from agencies including the Australian Government development agency AusAID, are combined with the strength and resourcefulness of people we work with in 20 or more remote villages.