cwef | yunnan water
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Access to drinking water is a basic human need and provides great benefits to general health and sanitation in village life. However, many villagers still spend hours collecting water each day. This program works with local communities to determine the most sustainable water project system for a village area and partners with villagers to implement a water solution. CWEF’s clean drinking water programs seek to address two challenges related to water: access and cleanliness.TRANSCRIPT
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improving lives through education and service
水water
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Where do you get drinking water?
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Would your habits be different if you had to carry all your water?
l How much would you drink?l Where would you go to the bathroom?l How often would you wash your hands?l How often would you wash your body?l Would you brush your teeth?l How much time would you have to do other
things besides carry water?
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Worldwide Statistics from WHO*
l 884 million people in the world do not have access to safe water
l 2.5 billion people in the world do not have access to adequate sanitation
l 1.4 million children die every year from diarrhea caused by unclean water and poor sanitation
* WHO = World Health Organization
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Yunnan, China
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A Glimpse at Life in Yunnan…
l In Shuangjiang County only 30% of all villages have clean drinking water
l Most clean water sources are 2-10 km away from villages
l Village women spend 2-3 hours of every day gathering water for their families
l Sickness is especially severe the last two months of the dry season
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Ways Drinking Water Projects Affect Villager’s Lives…
l Women no longer spend all morning collecting water
l With education and experience, there is an overall improvement of basic health and sanitation
l Livestock are healthier, and villagers can afford to raise more animals
l People are able to bathe more often, and wash their hands before cooking and eating
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Necessity of Hygiene Awareness
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Ways You Can Personally Help…
l Raise awareness about lack of water access worldwide!
l Go on a CWEF service trip!l Give a donation towards a
water project!l Encourage your school’s
involvement with CWEF projects!
l Spread the word about the needs in rural Yunnan!
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Digging Trenches and Burying Piping
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The End Result: Clean Kids
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The Big Picture:
Water SourceFilter
Water Holding Tank
Water Pipe Household Piping
Village Households
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How a Water Project Works…
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Identifying a Clean Source and Laying Piping
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Building a Water Holding Tank and Household Piping
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Assembling Household Faucets and Meters
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What CWEF is Doing to Help…
l Between 2005-2012, CWEF facilitated 35 villages in rural China to receive clean water
l Multiple service groups have aided in the manual labor associated with a water project
l CWEF is continually receiving new water project proposals and investigating suitable areas for water project requests
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Thank You!