In the name of the entire TdS team, I would like to wish you a Happy New Year 2020! I take this opportunity to thank all the people who support us in our projects and who place their trust in us. I send you all our wishes of Joy, Love, Health and Success for this New Year.
We are very pleased to announce the generous support of Peter and Marlene Schmid (from Cartginy-GE) to enable us to launch the very first kiosk site of our Lao Aqua Empowerment Initiative, having already supported the establishment of three water wells in 2018. The objective of this Initiative is to respond to the acute need for access to safe drinking water in rural Lao communities, as well as create jobs and ensure a self-sustained prosperity and improved livelihood in these communities in the longer term
We have already planned a field mission imminently, in order to pave the ground and finalise the pertinent details in Laos, so we can begin site construction activities in the beginning of 2020.
Following the General Assembly of September 29, I am pleased to present below the new 2020-2022 Committee, which is composed as follows:
– President: Soli Makohliso ;
– Project Directror : Mélanie Pellaud Zermatten;
– Co-Founder : Davone Tran;
– Secretary: Natacha Grasselli Erhabor.
Considering the amount of our current project, we turned to companies specialized in this field.
As a result, the Fiduciary PAUX has been mandated to ensure the financial accounting of TdS with annual closing of the accounts. The Fiduciary CCCG SA, based in Geneva, will be mandated to represent the auditing body and ensure the verification of the accounts.
Our ongoing project “Lao Aqua Empowerment” was presented on Tuesday 19 March to the Ambassador of Laos, Mr Kham Ihn Khitchadeth.
He was very enthusiastic about the whole project and the concept of water kiosks that address sustainability and empowerment issues of rural communities.
We obtained his agreement to launch the project, a crucial step in our process !
The TdS team wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year!
The construction of the well in the village of Ban Nathan in Bolikhamxay Province has been completed. This well is the third financed by Peter and Marlène Schmid from Cartigny. We would like to thank them again warmly for their trust and support
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We are pleased to announce that the construction of the second well financed by the Schmid Family from Cartigny has been completed. Today, more than 2,000 people have access to drinking water!
After a particularly strong monsoon, our work was able to resume in early November. A first well was completed on November 11. Two additional wells will be completed by the end of December.
We would like to thank again Marlène and Peter Schmid from the Commune of Cartigny for their financial support financial support. Thanks to their generosity, three wells can be builtin remote villages throughout the country. More than 4,000 people will have access to safe drinking water.
We would like to express our deepest thanks to the Charity Pictet Foundation for its financial support and loyalty over the years. Their support has enabled us to build a well in the village of Ban Man in Khammouane Province. Today, it provides drinking water to more than 1,000 people.