
Laos: Taking Steps to Improve Health
World Renew recognizes that healthy families help build strong communities. In Houaylai and neighbouring Nanoy—remote villages in Laos—families rely on what they grow, gather, fish, and hunt to survive. At
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World Renew recognizes that healthy families help build strong communities. In Houaylai and neighbouring Nanoy—remote villages in Laos—families rely on what they grow, gather, fish, and hunt to survive. At

When natural disasters occur, displaced families’ priorities are their safety and ensuring they have enough to eat. Hurricanes, floods, and storms can wash away possessions, savings, and the means for

As extreme and unpredictable weather continues to take a heavy toll on farming families around the world, the need to protect forests and steward the earth’s resources wisely has never

The residents of Khargi village in Laos regularly travel to neighbouring Phonxay village to access health care and to buy and sell goods. Children in grades 6 through 9 from

Wansiewdor, 24, lives in a rural village in India with her husband and two children. Her husband works as a farmer and day labourer, but his income alone was not

High in the mountains of northern Laos, a close-knit community lives in gratitude for the strong bonds they share. As time goes by, they are finding more and more to

High in the hills of northern Laos, Kham Ann and Lien have built a life together in a close‑knit community. As members of the Lao Seng tribe, they provide for

Houay Lai is a small village in Laos, nestled in the mountains near the Vietnamese border. For those who visit, reaching the village is an adventure in itself—hiking along steep

In July 2021, the United Nations reported a dramatic worsening of global hunger in 2020, much of it linked to the fallout from COVID‑19. Measures put in place to slow