Breaking the Dry Spell
Photo Journal: Water for life and livelihood - Sichuan, China
Recent record-breaking droughts in China have pushed farmers to the edge with economic damage estimated at US$3.5 billion dollars and some 24 million people in the southern regions without water. In Yunnan, the home of Asia’s biggest rivers including the Mekong, the race is against time to manage its water woes as the downstream impacts of a prolonged drought will affect almost a billion people in the Southeast Asian countries that share the river.
Water for Live & Livelihood. Photos by Jean Qingwen Loo.
We designed the Water for Life and Livelihood initiative to help farmers caught affected by the harsh weather. By working together with them to improve water source and storage by constructing basic infrastructure for irrigation, we give them a lifeline to get through the heat and go on with life.
