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We provide community development services... When we urban dwellers need water, all we have to do is to turn on the faucet, and clean water will flow out. We take it for granted, and in case of suspension of water supply or water conservation during a drought, we immediately feel inconvenienced. Perhaps it has never occurred to us that, in certain corners of this world, it’s difficult for people to even get clean drinking water. What kind of life would that be?
Recently, when two mentors and one guest from Australia came to visit us, they specifically requested to inspect special cases of our service, so we arranged for them to visit the leprosy rehabilitation villages in Lincang for several days. Because the local government recently brought forward a special case called “water cellar project,” which was on the way of our trip, we also visited several villages on the border to perform field investigation and evaluate the necessity of building water cellars.
We first flew to Lincang and then took a van from there. After a seven-hour bumpy ride we arrived at the reservoir of the first village. Within the dilapidated reservoir lay dirty water, on top of which floated a layer of green algae, and two cows were drinking from the reservoir. According to local residents, this reservoir was the source of water supply for the whole village. Because the local geological stratum is limestone, there was no subterranean water or mountain springs. They only had rain water collected in the rainy season for usage in the seven-month dry season. Then we visited a family with a water cellar already built. The corner of the eaves of the house was connected to the water cellar by a longitudinally halved bamboo serving as a channel. Such a simple device can provide the whole family with cleaner drinking water. It was getting dark and starting to rain, so we couldn’t have further conversations with the family, but by the beaming smile on their dark face gazing into the sky, we could understand their feeling, “Now we can collect more water!”
The next morning, we went to visit two more villages, where one of the reservoirs had already dried up. According to the head of that village, people from Burma villages who lived one or two miles away also came here to fetch water, making the water supply even more insufficient. In the first half of last year, China had a very severe drought in its southwest region. The government dispatched water carts to send water to the villages, but families without a water cellar didn’t even have a place for water storage. After those hard days, they had a greater understanding of the importance and necessity of the water- cellar project.
After we visited these villages, we were deeply touched. Water is the basic necessity of life, and clean drinking water is the basic condition for health. However, this bare necessity for life that we take for granted is a rare commodity to these villages. For us who live in abundant grace daily, what can we do for our fellow kindred compatriots?
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