Community

Opportunity,
rooted in community.

We believe infrastructure should create possibilities far beyond the energy it delivers. By listening and building alongside local communities, we help turn local potential into livelihoods, skills and enterprises that can grow for generations.

Aerial view of the Coffee Ring caravan gathered in Dak Cheung
01 · Opportunity from the land

The Coffee Ring

Coffee offers families around Monsoon a long-term livelihood rooted in the land. Seedlings, cultivation support, local processing and access to new markets are helping a high-quality coffee economy take shape in southern Lao PDR.

600,000
Seedlings distributed
404
Coffee plots
460 ha
Under cultivation
Students participating in a wind-energy learning activity
02 · Opportunity through learning

Education

International university and nursing scholarships open pathways for young Lao people to bring knowledge, confidence and possibility back to their communities. Alongside these opportunities, IES supports local school improvements, while staff volunteer to teach and help deliver lunch and sports programs.

12 scholarships
A doctor providing an eye examination during mobile medical outreach
03 · Opportunity to live well

Healthcare

Mobile medical outreach, essential equipment and freshwater systems bring practical care closer to remote villages and strengthen everyday wellbeing.

29 villages
04 · Opportunity becoming enterprise

HAKSA

HAKSA brings coffee, matcha and hospitality together to create skills, employment and higher-value markets. From local coffee processing to hospitality careers at HAKSA Hotel, value is designed to remain within the region.

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HAKSA Hotel lodges illuminated at dusk in the mountains of southern Lao PDR

From local potential

to lasting possibility.

USD 1.1m

Annual Community Development Fund for 25 years