h2Ope:

The fact of the matter is that around 300 million people in China do not have safe water for drinking. The scarcity of clean water also means that in the whole of China, more than 750 million people do not have the means to practise proper sanitation.

Despite the rapid development in many cities, it remains that the rural areas in China are the hardest hit, and the villagers take a long time to recover from natural disasters – the people there do not often have the means or provisions to leave.

Lien Aid has taken teams to different regions in China to do its part in solving the water and sanitation crisis. Working with the Chinese officials and organisations, Lien Aid has taken a step towards helping these people better their lives and bringing them H2Ope.

 

 

 

 

This site is produced by students and lecturers
of the School of Film & Media Studies,
Ngee Ann Polytechnic.

TEXT Chelmin Lim & Rebecca Quek
PHOTOGRAPHS Chelmin Lim, Emily Teng,
Matthew Yang & Woo Wan Fong
DESIGN Ong Li Yan
CONSULTING EDITORS Sng-Fun Poh Yoke,
(Lien Aid) Ko Siew Huey & Flaminia Lilli

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROJECT: Schools Promoting and Learning About Sanitation and Hygiene (SPLASH)

LOCATION ziyang prefecture, sichuan province
YEAR 2009 (ongoing)
BENEFICIARIES 3,000 students, and 200 teachers in first 5 schools
PARTNERS lien singapore, sichuan foundation for poverty alleviation – china, ziyang city foundation for poverty alleviation – china, ziyang city health bureau – china, ziyang city education bureau – china

In Ziyang, half of the schools in rural areas still do not have proper sanitation facilities: many students have little choice but to use unhygienic open-air toilets, making them susceptible to various diseases.

SPLASH aimed to create a healthy learning environment for students in poor communities and harnessing students as agents of change to bring improved water, sanitation and hygiene to their communities. Improvement of sanitation facilities and safe drinking water system for 2 schools >> Read more

---

PROJECT: Water project – The project of new and sustainable waster water treatment system fo rural area.

LOCATION yuanshan village, xinjin county, sichuan province
YEAR may to sept 2009
BENEFICIARIES 172 families and 458 people
PARTNERS lien aid singapore, member of "study of new model protection and remediation of water environment for mingjiang river valley after earthquake in sichuan province – china, water authority of xinjin county

In Yuanshan, community waste water flowing into the Minjiang River pollutes the very source of water that villagers survive on.

This project makes use of new and effective waste water treatment system (WWTS), which is sustainable for poor rural area due to easy maintenance and low operation cost. The idea of WWTS is to combine wet land with purification digester as pretreament. >> Read more

---

 

PROJECT: Water for life and livelihood

LOCATION liangshui township, lezhi county, ziyang prefecture, sichuan
YEAR completed in 2007
BENEFICIARIES 5,995 people from 2,012 households in the 6 most drought affected villages
PARTNERS lien aid singapore, sichuan province foundation of poverty alleviation, ziyang city foundation for poverty alleviation, lezhi county liason team, county-level technical services departments, village-level project leaders team and project implementation team

In Lezhi, a decade-long drought has dried up wells and ponds; as a result, the very fields on which its people eke out a living, lay parched, cracked and barren.

750 household wells were built for the poorest households and 12 water reservoirs were created to irrigate the farmlands which suffered a decade of drought. >> Read more

                  

© Copyright 2010 Lien Aid Water & Sanitation Projects. All rights reserved. Site is best viewed at 1024 x 768