Dear Michael,

Mrs Muangma is 57 years old and has 5 children. She lives in Tarngam Village in Southern Laos. She comes from a family of farmers, who taught her how to farm also.

Like most Lao people she is a subsistence rice farmer, planting and harvesting sticky rice as their food staple.

She normally drinks water by the bottle but now she may use the village well together with her water filter for access to clean drinking water for free. Thank you Michael for your generous support!

Dear Michael,

Mrs Thoolai is 70 years old. She has 5 children and lives with her family in Dinjee Village in Southern Laos.

She is a subsistence rice farmer, planting and harvesting along with her family at the appointed season. Normally she and her family drink water by the bottle which they buy daily. This become prohibitively expensive over time.

Now she has a water filter so she can have clean safe drinking water for free. Thank you Michael, for your generosity!

Dear Elizabeth,

Mr Kon is 35 years old. He has 3 children and they live in Nadinjee Village in rural Southern Laos. He is the son of a family of farmers who grow sticky rice, like the majority of Laoation people.

He usually buys drinking water by the bottle, which is an expensive option for anyone, especially farmer’s who work in the hot sun all day during planting and harvest times.

Mr Kon wants to say thank you as he can now filter water from the village well to make clean and safe drinking water for his family!

Dear Mark,

Sorn is 44 years old and has 7 people in her family. She lives with her grandmother, her husband’s mother, her husband and their 3 kids in Oodomsook Village, in rural Southern Laos.

Sorn is a shop owner selling goods at the local market. She comes from a family of farmers, so at planting and harvest times she goes out to the field to help with the crops.

Normally the family drinks water from the village well, but they must boil it first and then wait for it to cool. Now she can use the water filter to make the well water safe for drinking thanks to you, Mark!

Dear Juan,

Gi Silivan is 46 years old and has 3 children. He lives with his family in Navang Village in Southern rural Laos.

He is a public transport driver and because water is not safe to drink where he lives he normally drinks water by the bottle.

Over time this has become simply to expensive for his family to maintain. Thanks to your generous donation he may now filter the water from the village well to make it safe for consumption for his family!

Dear Michael,

Mr Kao Soodala is 21 years old and he lives in Samakeesai village in Southern Laos. Mr Kao works in an office and normally has to buy his own water as there is no access to clean water in town.

His only other option is to boil water after collecting it from the village well and waiting for it to cool before consumption or buying water in bottles.

Buying water is an expensive option, so he is very happy to have access to a free source of clean, safe drinking water!