{"id":3149,"date":"2013-03-21T17:37:54","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T22:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/hungerrumblings\/?p=3149"},"modified":"2013-03-21T17:37:54","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T22:37:54","slug":"world-water-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/world-water-day\/","title":{"rendered":"World Water Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3151\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/hungerrumblings\/2013\/03\/water-day-blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3151\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3151\" alt=\"water day blog\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/hungerrumblings\/2013\/03\/water-day-blog-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3151\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Water project in the Gulin area of the Sichuan Province.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;color: #000000;font-size: medium\">March 22\u00a0is the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unwater.org\/water-cooperation-2013\/water-cooperation\/en\/\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;font-size: medium\">United Nations World Water Day<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\">, the theme of which is \u201cInternational Year of Water Cooperation.\u201d Water cooperation is water management that considers a number of factors (such as food production, environment, and domestic use) in an effort to encourage peace and sustainable development. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\">In an effort to practice water cooperation ELCA World Hunger has worked for several years with the Luzhou City Parish in Sichuan Province, China, to identify communities in need of better access to water.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\">Y. Franklin Ishida, ELCA\u00a0 Global Mission Area Program Director for Asia and the Pacific writes of a project among the Miao ethnic minority people in Luxian:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\">This is an example of ELCA and government collaboration, where ELCA contributed to a major water works project for a hilltop village in this area. Local farmers relied on the weather for their crops. This past year [2011] was an example where drought caused major problems. An antiquated pump system no longer functioned. With ELCA funding, a new pump system was installed to raise water from the nearby river for then distribution throughout the land to fill paddies. The area covered is huge, and the impact obvious when you see paddies filled with water this year. While the local government officials were eager to show the new pumping station, the holding ponds, and the water outlets at various places; one woman\u2019s smile, as she paused from planting rice, said it all. She compared things to the previous year, when there was no water: Even drinking water had to be trucked in.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\">Water cooperation is shown here through collaboration between government, faith-based and local actors. \u00a0Ishida highlights another example:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\">In the Maxi area of Gulin, I was invited to dedicate the new water system put in that benefits 83 people in 18 households. According to Yan Yi-you, the village head, \u201cwe can drink fresh water, provide for the goats and cows, and plant our crops without worry of droughts,\u201d something that had occurred in 2011. \u201cBefore it was a very hard life: now we can easily do things,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\">The system is a simple one. A pond was dug at a spring. A pump was installed to pump the water uphill to some holding tanks. From there, gravity takes the water to each home. Easy to install, easy to maintain. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\">About all this Yan says: \u201cWe did the work because you gave for us: you care for us. Though there was water [at the source down the mountain] from the time of our forefathers, this new water system will now help us for generations to come.\u201d And with this, he gave me a huge hug.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\">Through these projects and ones like them, ELCA World Hunger is able to support water cooperation around the world.\u00a0 By working together with the communities like those in Luxian and in the Maxi area of Gulin (both in the Sichuan Province) \u2013we are able to support projects that make a difference.\u00a0 As the UN makes water cooperation work a priority throughout this year, may we \u2013 as ELCA World Hunger \u2013 continue to realize and support the incredible work that is possible through collaboration between government, faith-based, and local actors. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Henry Martinez serves as an educational associate for ELCA World Hunger.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 22\u00a0is the United Nations World Water Day, the theme of which is \u201cInternational Year of Water Cooperation.\u201d Water cooperation is water management that considers a number of factors (such as food production, environment, and domestic use) in an effort to encourage peace and sustainable development. 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