the past 4 days I’ve traveled up north from Vientiane to Vang Vieng up through to Xaignaboury
we experienced an earthquake there, magnitude 4.6, epicentre 31km from Xaignaboury
we also went to visit a remote Yeo tribe
and also a small Khmu tribe just before the Mekong River on the road that leads to Xaignaboury
and the plight of the Khmu tribe hit a nerve

this Khmu tribe has no access to clean water
their kids swim, bathe, brush their teeth using water from a pond shared with little fishes, ducks and goodness knows what else
drinking water comes from such ponds as well
having sanitary water would eliminate up to 85% of waterborne diseases causing suffering and death amongst these people
building a well and water filtration system does not take much, just a mere 2,000USD
and it would teach them a skill so that they in turn would be able to educate and help other tribes build wells and water filtration systems

i’m going to raise that money to build them one
and help build it too

who’s with me?

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