We’re excited to share that TerraClear Foundation’s 2025 Annual Report is now live and available on our website under the Our Financials tab. This report captures a year of steady, meaningful progress—made possible by partners, supporters, and communities who believe that access to clean water changes everything. 2025 Impact Highlights […]
Impact Stories
Real stories, real impacts.
Again in 2026, TerraClear Foundation is making a GLOBAL IMPACT through the “Amplify Austin” campaign. Early donations begin starting Jan 28, 2026 and all donations are matched up to $5,000! The second phase of the campaign is from March 4 at 6pm through March 5 at 6pm. If you’re interested in GLOBAL […]
As we step into a new year, we want to pause and say one simple but powerful thing: thank you. Because of your generosity in 2025, thousands of people in Laos now have access to something many of us take for granted every day—clean, safe drinking water. Your support didn’t […]
Mr. Meei (41) and his wife, Mrs. Ale, live with their four children in a small home built from recycled zinc roofing and bamboo. Their current house, about a year old, replaced an even more fragile bamboo structure they lived in previously. Illness was once a constant part of life […]
In Phone Muang Village, Xephone District of Savannakhet Province, 56-year-old Mrs. Bounma shares a small home with her elderly mother. For years, like many of her neighbors, she had no choice but to rely on river water or shallow wells for cooking and drinking—sources that were often unsafe and put […]
August Across America was a roaring success. Traveling through 8 US states, I hit the road to share about TerraClear’s work in Laos—and how we bring ceramic filters and safe drinking water straight into homes in rural Lao communities. Over the course of the trip, I had the joy of […]
Hi friends! It’s me—Dawn Lewis, with TerraClear Foundation—and this month I’m traveling through Texas, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and New York to share about our mission: bringing clean water straight into family homes in rural Laos. Along the way, I’m meeting incredible people and telling stories of how […]
In a remote region of southern Laos, the TerraKids team recently faced a new challenge while visiting schools to distribute water filters and teach students about hygiene, handwashing, and child protection. When they arrived, they discovered that most of the children didn’t understand the Lao language—they only spoke two local […]
The rainy season has started again in Laos, when the skies open up with torrential rain that inundates the land. Every year from May through October, the rains turn dirt roads into rivers of mud. After the torrents, the sun comes out but can barely make a difference to the […]
Earlier this year, the TerraClear team visited the remote village of Ban Chok in Chomphet District, Luang Prabang Province, to meet with families who had recently received water filters. One of those families was that of Mr. Che and his mother, whose story left a lasting impression. Mr. Che’s mother […]

