Living in Seattle area, it is hard to imagine life without any rain for a month in the farming area during major pre-harvest season. However, it happened to Shidong in Guizhou Province and it is a disaster for the village. The drought lasts for a month--all the farm land cracked, the well is dry and there is no residential water supply.
Fortunately, the drinking water project funded by CTEF and monitored by Warm 1+1 (for more information of the project, please visit our previous post at http://www.ctef.org/blog/post/2011/04/11/10-Years-10-Stories-%282%29-HAND-IN-HAND-TOGETHER-WE-BUILD-A-BETTER-TOMORROW.aspx) is functional and has been supplying clean spring water. Not only the students in school, but the residents in the area are all greatly benefited by this project during this harsh period. Everyday, there are so may people come for water.
We, volunteers at CTEF, are all happy to see this pleasant unexpected outcome.
大旱时期显奇效，受益街角数居民——石洞镇小学饮水工程放光芒
快一个月不下雨了，旱情频传，田开裂了。水井干涸了，自来水断流了。可是，今年有“明日中华基金会”捐资建设、由“温暖1+1助学组”监督实施的石洞镇小学饮水工程一直流淌真清澈的泉水，石洞镇下半街的居民把这里当做水井，门庭若市，挑水的居民络绎不绝。因为政府的自来水断流了，附近的水井干涸了。大旱面前显奇效，惠师惠生益居民，让周边的村民用上了干净的水。饮水工程发挥了意想不到的作用。
