TerraClear Foundation
Give clean drinking water to children and families in Laos.
In thousands of Lao villages, available water isn't safe to drink. TerraClear Foundation delivers filters, classroom education, and lasting access — one school and one family at a time.
A simple, proven model for safe drinking water.
Every donation supports three steps that have been tested in the field for over 15 years.
Filters that last
Household and school filters remove greater than 99% of waterborne bacteria and protozoa — no electricity required — providing clean water for years.
Education that counts
Through TerraKids and TerraCare, students and families learn hygiene and water safety with hands-on lessons — knowledge they spread to relatives and neighbors.
Access for everyone
TerraCare subsidizes filters for families who can't afford them, so no household is left without clean drinking water and TerraKids places filters in classrooms at no change to underserved schools.
TerraKids · in 372 schools so far!
Three ways we bring water to life.
From classrooms to remote villages, our programs work together to make safe water normal — not a privilege.
- Water filters — installed in homes and schools with maintenance training and regular checkups from representatives.
- TerraKids — water-safety and hygiene curriculum for schoolchildren along with water filters in every classroom!
- TerraCare — subsidized filters for low-income families.
The real world impact.
SFE have been collaborating with TerraClear for several years to provide a solution for safe water production to remote communities. Villagers who get a filter are proud to expose it and to use it in their house. The maintenance requirements are quite low and easily learnt by the owners. The villagers report that the water filter makes them save time and energy, and that they have less diarrhea. We also appreciate the positive environmental impact of the ceramic water filter solution.
Terraclear leads the pack in our view and is very simple to maintain, unlike so many other options we have tested. When we arrive at a village, we confirm with the villagers that there is 100% diarrhea with all families. After distribution, we revisit a couple of months later and discover diarrhea caused by water borne bacteria has disappeared completely. Our name has become legacy in these regions where we work, because of this. Without sickness, more kids are in school, there is more productivity in the rice fields and the 8.1% infant mortality rate has dropped significantly.
Five years serving in some of Asia's most water-stressed communities.
TerraClear Foundation began in 2021 with the mission of bringing clean, safe drinking water to poor and marginalized families and schoolchildren in Laos. To date 15,000 families and over 1,500 classrooms have been given sustainable and clean drinking water through our programs.
$75 gives a family clean water and health training.
A single filter serves a family for years. Your gift today is the difference between a family suffering from sickness or being healthy.