Stories

Khong district used to be an area rich in fish but now the situation has changed.  When villagers cannot catch fish as they used to, what are they doing now? According to the Mekong River Commission…

Oxfam in Laos’s annual partners workshop is an opportunity for reflection, exchange and learning.Each year the agenda shifts according to emerging issues and themes and partners are encouraged to get…

Before, we used to grow rice in the mountains. Nowadays we also plant in the lowlands. We raise chickens and ducks as well, to use as food for our families. And we have a couple of buffaloes, which…

“The weather is different now to when I was a girl. The rain comes at different times, it’s more irregular. Sometimes it’s so heavy that after two hours you can see how the river level has gone up.…

"We had to throw fertilizer on the plants with our bare hands. But it had no smell so I thought it was OK. But after only two hours we started noting the effects. The powder affected our arms and…