Taking steps to improve health in LAOS
By Mike Fennema
Asia W
orld Renew recognizes that
World Renew staff have met with
healthy families help build strong
community members to discuss how health
communities. In Houaylai and neighboring
is affected by issues like mosquito breeding
Nanoy, remote villages in Laos, villagers
places, open defecation, rubbish disposal,
rely on what they grow and gather fishing
and availability of water. As a result,
and hunting to survive. At times, their diet
villagers are working to deal with stagnant
is limited, and they lack clean water and
water and to cut down weeds to let in
latrines, which causes health problems. The
sunlight and reduce pests and diseases.
difficulty of traveling for medical care makes
People are using mosquito netting, and
it essential to tackle health issues at the
children are learning about handwashing
village level, so in 2019, World Renew began
and other proper hygiene practices.
working with the villages to do just that.
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