Lao PDR - Climate change - Farmer weaving a Lao sinh (traditional skirt) for extra money

Na Chantahun, mother-of-six, has lived all her life in Sisa’ath Village in the Laos province of Vientiane. She is married to the village chief, Sonphet, and the couple have six children who are all studying in Vientiane. Over the past decade a paved road and electricity have improved life for the village’s 50 families. But alongside this welcome progress climate change has brought unprecedented and unpredictable new weather patterns, disrupting harvests and lifestyles in the farming-dependent community. Three years ago she started to grow cucumbers and string beans to sell, and weave skirts to make extra money.

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Na Chantahun, mother-of-six, has lived all her life in Sisa’ath Village in the Laos province of Vientiane. She is married to the village chief, Sonphet, and the couple have six children who are all studying in Vientiane. Over the past decade a paved road and electricity have improved life for the village’s 50 families. But alongside this welcome progress climate change has brought unprecedented and unpredictable new weather patterns, disrupting harvests and lifestyles in the farming-dependent community. Three years ago she started to grow cucumbers and string beans to sell, and weave skirts to make extra money.