C-Quest Capital LLC C-Quest Capital is a social impact project developer providing access to sustainable energy services and clean energy technologies to families in poor communities around the world. Civitas, in partnership with C-Quest Capital, and with the support of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), are installing […]
Summer at Civitas
The office may be quieter than usual with a few of the team members taking a summer break and enjoying being able to travel once again. But work continues from various corners of Europe and Laos. Laos is currently experiencing extreme weather as the region has been hit with heavy […]
Gender Assessment of the Waste Management Sector in Lao PDR
World Bank Group – Environmental Waste Management Project The World Bank is preparing a project support the Lao Government’s Green Growth Vision. Aiming to build capacity in waste management, the project team recognizes that project effectiveness can be improved by an analysis of the gender dimensions as well as […]
Trash Talk
The Lao New Year – Pi Mai – is almost upon us and the Civitas team are working hard to complete our work before the office closes for a week of what is going to be yet another very quiet and very dry Pi Mai. Whilst Covid-19 again is affecting […]
2.7 Billion Cubic metres of water available in Lao PDR, and still 48% of primary schools do not have access to water.
The importance of handwashing has taken centre stage during the last 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Without water and soap we know how easily viruses can spread. Still, across Lao PDR there are homes, schools and even health care facilities with little or no access to water. To date, […]
Emma: The French Connection
Setting up a new consultancy company dedicated to social research and community engagement during a global pandemic, developing a strong client base and making it financially viable was apparently not challenging enough for the previous Civitas Managing Director, Emma Pelletreau. It was time to take Civitas to the next level: […]
Happy New Year from Team Civitas
Happy New Year from all the team at Civitas! We are back after a short break and ready to start 2022 off with some new exciting projects as well as continuing our ongoing work. Our cookstove project is back to full speed as we are now able to access most provinces. The team distributed 900 units in December and are kicking […]
HappyTaps- Handwashing for All
Enabling people to protect themselves against infectious diseases including Covid-19 HappyTap – WaterSHED Holdings Pte Ltd Civitas has partnered with HappyTap, developer and manufacturer of portable handwashing stations. Together Civitas and HappyTap aim to set a new normal for hand hygiene in schools, health facilities, offices, communities and homes. The […]
Evaluation of the LABoratory Project – Capacity Building of Organisations of the Blind under the Framework of the World Blind Union, Asia Pacific
Danish Association of the Blind (DAB) The Danish Association of the Blind supports the capacity building of Lao Association for the Blind focusing on advocacy and awareness raising for the inclusion of blind and partially sighted people, and strengthening their ability to act as spokespeople for their own rights. Civitas […]
The Latest News from Team Civitas
After another lockdown where we all had to work from home, Team Civitas are happy to be back in the office. While Covid-19 related travel restrictions have put strict limits on our abilities to conduct in-person fieldwork, we have developed a successful strategy to conduct remote data collection in both […]