January 9th, 2007 - No Retirement
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Phuan Quick Facts:
-Total Population 315,000 - 115,000 in Laos and 200,000 in Thailand
-.01% are Christian
-Buddhist and Animist
-Most Phuan are subsistence farmers
-Claim to be descendants of the Tai

No Retirement
“Uncle, did you ride your bicycle to work today?”

“Yes. I don’t have money for gas so I couldn’t ride my motorbike,” uncle replied.         

Uncle P is over 60 and was a communist soldier for 30 years.  He saw many of his friends die. His retirement pension is $100 every three months. To make ends meet he works everyday in order to provide for himself and his wife.  His children have all moved to other provinces with their spouses to work or are going to school to try and make a better life.

Many older Phuan people living in a town are in a similar situation.  For the older Phuan people living in the countryside it is more difficult. There is no retirement for them. They must continue to work in the rice fields.

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