Final Report

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HUAQIAO FOUNDATION

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Water and Sanitation Project for Damang Tibetan Community

SUMMARY

What? Clean Running Water for 185 Tibetan residents (28 households).
Where?
Village Township County Prefecture Province
Damang Tharshul Guinan Hainan Qinghai
达茫 塔秀 贵南 海南 青海
When? 2 August 2010
Cost? 1) HuaQiao Foundation contributed 44,810 RMB (USD 6,688)
2) Local Contribution: 16,750 RMB (USD 2,500)
TOTAL PROJECT VALUE: 61,560 RMB (USD 9,188)
by
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Friendship Charity Association

2 August 2010
Dear HuaQiao Foundation,

We are pleased to report on the final and successful completion of this project that
provided clean water to Damang Tibetan Community and its disabled people.
With a generous donation of 44,810RMB from HQF on 29 April 2010, plus
16,750RMB provided by locals, this water project was realized. Meanwhile, the local
water bureau and government provided technical support and advice throughout project
implementation.
Damang is a herding community situated on Guinan County grassland. Local
residents live across the grassland. For generations, locals obtained water from sources
that required travel of 2.5 to 3 kilometers per single trip from their households. 185
residents (28 households) with 16,555 head of livestock on 35,400 mu (2,361 hectares)
of grassland got water from a government-provided main pipe connected to a local
spring water source. This project targeted a community with the most disabled people
(13) within the township, in addition to single people, orphans, and deserted mothers.
Fetching water was the community’s biggest problem and especially for disabled
families. Water was fetched by people carrying plastic containers on their backs and by
using motorcycles. For the disabled
families, neighbor families helped “The project’s benefits are many
them fetch water, but they did not and are bringing much benefit to
always provide help. Consequently,
many of these locals suffer from the community.”
lacking drinking water.
Since water is inadequate (even though locals live on the grassland and have
rainy seasons), locals did not wash clothing and bathe frequently, thus locals had very
poor hygiene and sanitation facilities.
Furthermore, there was frequent conflict in getting water because livestock graze
on others' pastures along the route to water sources. Local pasture fences are along the
route and poorly maintained thus it is easy for livestock to enter others’ pastures.
However, this project brought fifteen water taps to Damang Community greatly
reducing the distance and time locals invest in obtaining water, as well as reduced
grassland degradation, conflict over grazing, and poor sanitation. The project’s benefits
are many and are bringing much benefit to the community.
We extend our sincere appreciation to the HuaQiao Foundation for this clean
water project to dramatically improve life for the local community.

Nangchukja / Robert

Director
Friendship Charity Association
www.friendshipcharity.org
 PHOTOGRAPHS

The following pictures tell the story of the project

Damang Community: pre-project.

Project feasibility study begins.

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 Local community meeting for the water project.

Women carrying water 5 km roundtrip before the project.

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Before the project

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Before the project

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 Before the project.

A local cart and water container.

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 Water project starts.

A part of a dug trench.

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 Locals measure the trench.

2.6 meters deep and 1 meter wide.

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 Locals observe digging.

Local community during trench-digging.

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 A local adobe stove.

Bowls in an adobe cupboard.

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A smoke-blackened house ceiling.

A local single woman.

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 Bed.

A FCA staff member conducts a community survey.

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Locals fully participate in the water project.

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A local company transports pipes for the project.

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Pipes for the water project.

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Locals take project materials in a resident home.

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Water taps.

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Project materials.

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Experts and locals prepare pipe connections.

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Pipes ready to be laid out.

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Locals lay pipes.

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Locals unload bricks.

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 Pipes are laid.

A water engineer connects pipes.

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Connected.

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Construction work begins.

Water well.

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Project construction work.

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 The machine buries the pipes.

The pipes are connected and buried.

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Taps are installed.

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Local women connects additional pipes to the tap.

A local woman fetches water.

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Very pleased to have near his home.

Yaks drink water near a shed.

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Locals fetch water.

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Water flows.

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HQF Chairman, Frank Yih, visits the project site and a poor family with gifts.

Mr. Frank Yih and a water tap.

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 Pre-project: A family of four mentally handicapped children.

After the project: A family of four mentally handicapped children dressed in new robes
given by HQF.

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Local women fetch water conveniently at night when needed.

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 A local man washes his hands at the new water tap.

Water tap room is built underground thus stop freezing in winter

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 A local woman comes for water by the new water tap

Yeduoji, a local woman, prepares water for livestock at the gate of her family

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PROJECT IMPACT

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 COMMUNITY BACKGROUND

D amang Tibetan Community is located in the west of Taxiu Township, Mangra

County, Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, PR China. It
is approximately twenty-five kilometers from the local township town, sixty
kilometers from the county seat, 166 km from the prefecture town, and 267 km from
Xining, the capital Qinghai.

Damang is a Tibetan herding community with 1,106 residents (230 households). It is one
of the largest herding communities in Taxiu Township’s ten communities. 16,555 head of
livestock graze 35,400 mu (2,361 hectares) of grassland. Locals raise sheep, yaks, and
horses. On average, each family owns three
yaks and forty sheep. “98% of locals are very The number increases
according to a family's poorly educated or illiterate.” wealth. Higher income
families owning sixty head of livestock may earn
1,000RMB per year selling butter, cheese, and meat. Poor families have no such cash
income. Locals herd livestock day-to-day and sometimes night-to-night in order to
increase their livestock to increase their income.

The average elevation is 3,300 meters above sea level. The local highland climate
changes unpredictably, which contribute to many herders suffering from colds and flu.
During rainstorm days, windy days, and snowy days, locals still must herd in the
mountains. Plus, locals have poor knowledge of hygiene. With limited knowledge about
health, they focus on herding and other housework, i.e., fetching water, collecting fuel,
and milking yaks.

Because of herding demand, fuel collecting, and water fetching, many children do not
attend school, which explains why 98% of locals are very poorly educated or illiterate.

One of the biggest community problems was getting water. For generations, villagers
lacked a water source near their homes. 185 residents (28 households) of Damang
Tibetan Community lacked water near their homes and traveled five kilometers roundtrip
to water their livestock and fetch
drinking water for. “Now, this situation has changed There was only one
water tap and, with HuaQiao Foundation support.” because most local
residents shared this water sources, the
wait for water took four to five hours. For
the people who lived farthest away, time was spent traveling to and from the source,
which was an added burden. Poor families lacked motorcycles and tractors and their
donkey carts could haul only fifty to seventy-five kilograms of water, enough for two
days worth of tea and nothing else.

This situation changed with HuaQiao Foundation support in conjunction with the local
government, FCA, and local contributions.

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 PROJECT ACTIVITIES/DURATION/OUTCOME

2010 Activities Output / Outcome Participants

April 29 Received first payment for digging trench Funding secured FCA
April 20 Held project meetings. Implementation Locals, FCA
anticipated
April 25 Trained project committee members. Skills learnt FCA, locals
April 30 Local experts designed the water pipeline. Pipe cost measured FCA, locals
May 4 Received second payment for project Second funding secured FCA
material.
May 4 Dug ditch. Project started FCA, Locals
May 5 Purchased project materials. Quality guaranteed FCA, locals
May 10 Received third/final payment for the Final funding secured FCA
project.
May 12 Paid trench diggers. Income generated Locals
May 15 Monitored project. Project monitored FCA, locals
May 29 Connected pipes. Water flowed FCA, locals
June 5 Conducted project evaluation Oversaw project result FCA, locals
June 24 HQF Chairman Mr. Frank Yih and staff Better understanding for HQF, FCA,
visited. all parties Locals
June 24 HQF purchased gifts for locals and made Charity awareness raised
small cash donations.
June 29 Completed project. Goals achieved FCA
July 28 Interviewed participants. Project impact learnt FCA, Locals
August 2 Final report. Implementation closed FCA

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 SUSTAINABILITY

L ocal community committees and FCA are responsible for sustaining the project
after completion. The water pipes purchased in Xining was of the highest quality
and will last at least fifteen years; the company guarantees it. Throughout project
implementaion, skills such as connecting and laying pipe and designing water was taught
to locals who supervised and were involved on the committee. Locals will check the
pipes and taps on a weekly basis. Trained villagers will have extra responsibilities during
harsh weather. The local village committee will pay 500RMB a year per person. For
example, in summer, heavy rains may cause flooding in sectors of this community and
the pipes may be pushed to the earth surface. The inspectors will be in charge of fixing
such by themselves. Additionally, in winter, the village inspectors will keep the water
taps from freezing.

¾ Environment
Before the project, locals drove their livestock 5 km roundtrip to a water source. The
entire community has about 16,555 head of livestock. The route to water is through
pastureland and a huge area of grassland was damaged contributing to a shortage of
forage. After the water project, locals no longer drive their livestock across the grassland
to water them. This increases available forage and reduces erosion. Furthermore, locals
can now have gardens at home and also plant trees.

¾ Poverty Alleviation
Local average income is 430 RMB per person per year (as in nearby communities) earned
through selling livestock and animal products. Because of the huge amount of time used
to fetch water before the project, many young people were kept at home. Now this time is
saved and locals can pursue other chores and find work outside the community. This
increases the chance for locals to bring more income to the home. Furthermore, livestock
no longer invade pasturelands enroute to water sources, reducing conflict, and
strengthening community ties.

¾ Gender Equality
Providing a family with water is culturally defined as woman's work. Before the project,
women and girls suffered in obtaining water for their homes. This work was particularly
difficult in winter.

¾ Education
This project eliminated the biggest obstacle preventing children from attending school.
More children will attend because the time and effort required to obtain water has been
greatly reduced.

¾ Better Leadership and NGO Awareness

Several meetings were held between FCA and local villagers, village leaders, and local
government. FCA is a pioneering NGO in Guinan County, thus, locals and government

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lacked information about FCA's work. With emphasis on vision-driven and honest
leadership, local leaders were encouraged to engage in the project. These meetings
encouraged locals to have hope for a brighter future for their family and communities.
Furthermore, accurate information about NGO work and HQF’s background created
more credibility among locals and thus FCA implemented the project with few challenges.

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 PROJECT COMMITTEE

1.1 Committee Leaders

Name Sex Position
Dinggen M Village leader
Thubo M Village Vice-leader

Note: Committee leaders are in charge of monitoring tap supervisors.

1.2 Water Tap Supervisors

Tap No. Name Sex Position
1 བཙུན་ཆུང་། Btsun chung M Villager
2 རྟ་ཁོ་རྒྱལ། Rta kho rgyal M Villager
3 ཀླུ་མོ་རྒྱལ། Klu mo rgyal F Villager
4 ཚ་ཐར་འབུམ། Tshe thar `bum M Villager
5 སྐོ་ལ། Sko la M Villager
6 པད་མ་ཡག Pad ma yag F Villager
7 གནམ་སྐྱིད། Gnam skyid F Villager
8 མཁའ་འགྲོ་ཚ་རིང་། Mkha `gro tshe ring M Villager
9 རྡོ་རྗེ་འབུམ། Rdo rje `bum M Villager
10 ཚ་གཟུངས་ཐར། Tshe gzungs thar M Villager
11 འབྲུག་ཐར་རྒྱལ། `brug thar rgyal M Villager
12 མཁའ་བྷེ་རྒྱལ། Mkha bhe rgyal M Villager
13 པ་པ་རྒྱལ། Pa pa rgayl M Villager
14 ལོ་ཡོན། Lo yon M Villager
15 སྐལ་བཟང་རྒྱལ། Skal bzang rgyal M Villager

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 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

a) HuaQiao Foundation Contribution Expenses:

Receipt
Item 2010 Total RMB
No.
A-1 50# pipe 21 May 6,763.50
A-2 40# pipe 21 May 8,775.00
A-3 32, 40# pipes 21 May 5,451.00
A-4 Pipe connectors 2 May 225.00
A-5 Brick, cement 20 May 1,780.00
A-6 Materials (e.g., iron bar, 20 May 486.00
steel)
A-7 Fee for digging and 12 May 13,750.00
covering trench
A-8 Worker fee 1 June 996.00
A-9 Transport fee and extra 1 August 6,583.50
pipe (connectors and taps)
Total Spent 44,810.00

Note:
1.1. Further details are given on receipts.
1.2. Please refer to the receipts according to its corresponding number below.
1.3. There are minor differences between the prices and items of the original budget and
actual expenses.
1.4. Locals contributed the following items. Receipts are unavailable -- local community
committee kept them.

b) Local Contribution:
Item/Type of Activity Details Total RMB
Water design fee 3,000.00
Digging/ covering trench 1,250 meters × 11RMB 13,750.00
LOCAL CONTRIBUTION 16,750.00

c) Total Project Budget / Expenses:

Parties Total RMB
HuaQiao Foundation 44,810.00
Damang Community Committee 16,750.00
TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET 61,560.00

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 EXPENDITURES

A-1

A-2

A-3

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A–4

A–5

A–6

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A-7

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A-8

A-9

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Quality Certification of the Project Pipe

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 Original Cash Flow Plan
Payment # 1
Payment Date 2010 Item Detail Amount RMB
Thursday 15, April Digging trench 1,250 meters × 8RMB/m 10,000
Total 10,000

Payment # 2
Payment Date 2010 Item Detail Amount RMB
Plastic pipe #32 1,000kg × 13.00RMB 13,000
Plastic pipe # 40 500kg × 13.50RMB 6,750
Monday 26, April Plastic pipe #50 100kg × 14.00RMB 1,400
Connections 15 connectors × 14.00RMB 210
Material transport 3,000RMB 3,000
Total 24,360

Payment # 3
Payment Date 2010 Item Detail Amount RMB
Cement 2 tons × 580RMB 1,160
Brick 500 bricks × 3RMB 1,500
Monday 10, May Taps 3 taps × 30RMB 90
Tap room door 3 doors × 150RMB 450
Extra tap rooms 4 tap room × 875RMB 3.500
Covering trench 1,250 meters × 3RMB 3,750
Total 10,450

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SKETCH MAP

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Appendix 1.1
28 May 2010 Damang Water Project Interim Q & A Report

1) What has happened since 20 May till now?

• Finished digging on 25 May.

• Connecting pipes.
• Water flow in 3 taps to-date.
• Continuing working on 12 taps; in total 15 taps. (The original number was
5 but has now increased due to water availability and design).

2) What is the project status now?

95% of Damang Water Project is complete so far. The local water bureau will
double-check when the project is completed. Everyday, I (David) inspect the
project situation and take pictures. Tomorrow (29 May) I will go to Damang
Village with 3 water experts to build 3 small water wells.

3) Who was involved in the water design process?

The village leaders, Dinggen and Thubo, and the Tarshul Township Water Bureau
have been involved in the water design process. They visit the project whenever
asked.

4) What did the local water bureau officials contribute to the water project?

The local Water Bureau officials suggested a reasonable way of implementing the
project, and gave advice and design assistance.

5) What did other water experts contribute to the water designing?

The County (not township) Water Bureau gave excellent suggestions in terms of
water design and implementation, e.g., how many bricks needed for 3 wells, and
also what size pipe and the pipe layout.

6) What problems did you and other project team members face during project
implementation, in terms of water pipe connection, covering pipes
underground, etc?

During project implementation, it was the time for locals to collect caterpillar
fungus. Thus there were only a few elders and children in the village, who
couldn’t help much. This showed the work process in pipe connecting and laying.
The village leaders were mostly out of the village. They were asked to attend
meetings held in the township or county town. Each household owned the fenced
grassland and sometimes we negotiated with the family head. The elders and

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 children were unsure what to do. Those who had left the community were in the
mountains and we could not contact them. However, we finally achieved adequate
local support.

7) What cost to-date? Any cost such as food, transportation including

transportation fee for pipes?
There is no comfortable room for our team members to live in during project
implementation at the project site because most people are out of the village, and
take bedding to the mountains. A villager is in charge of buying food for us, but
we also need to buy some in the local township town. We paid the transportation
fee (1,298RMB) for delivering bricks, cement, and sand from Guinan County
Town to Damang Village, and 1,100RMB delivering part of the pipes from
Xining to Damang Village.
We have reported last time on the pipes and digging. For bricks and
cement we still will have expenses. Now we are looking forward for HQF to send
its third payment for the project that covers covering the pipe and other expenses.
All relevant receipts will be provided at the end of the project.

8) How much was spent for the bricks and cement and for what so far?
1,298RMB was spent for transportation fee (252RMB) for 1,800 bricks
(0.48RMB/brick), 4 bags of cement (28RMB per bag), sand (70 RMB) from
Guinan County Town to Damang Village. The total cost is 1,298RMB so far.
More will be transported in the next days.

9) When do you think that the project will finish? Give me a date.
8 June 2010.

10) Do you think it is necessary to invite any experts (such as Lanzhou Jiaotong
University experts) to the site to double-check the water design system?
No. But if they would like to visit, they are welcome! I currently can't see in what
way they can help. Maybe they have ideas.

11) When did the project officially start and finish, breaking down into phases or
sections for easier comprehension. This means: Give date for each activity,
e.g., start date for digging, start date for ending digging, start date and
ending for pipe laying, and other meetings, issues, and so on.

The project started on 5 May, and finished 8 June. Pipe connection will finish by
29 May. Pipe covering (started 25 May) will finish 29 May. Village leaders, one
representative from each family, and the FCA project team held the final meeting
on 26 May. We plan a closing ceremony (a very simple one) in June, but this has
not been fixed yet.

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INITIAL PROPOSAL

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 Water and Sanitation Project
for
(Yeduoji Family) Damang Community
PROJECT LOCATION:
Village Township County Prefecture Province
达茫 塔秀 贵南 海南 青海
Damang Taxiu Mangra Hainan Qinghai

Damang Tibetan Community is located in the west of Taxiu Township, Mangra County,
Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, PR China. It is approximately
twenty-five kilometers from the local township town, sixty kilometers from the county
seat, 166 km from the prefecture town, and 267 km from Xining, the capital city of
Qinghai.

PROJECT MANAGER: Namjay Tsering / Nangchukja

IMPLEMENTING ORGANIZATION:
Name: Friendship Charity Association (FCA)
Address: Room 551, Building 2, 中国青海省西宁市
Meili Jiayuan, 4 Haihu Road, 海湖路 4 号美丽家园
Xining, 810008, 2 号楼 551 室
Qinghai Province, PR China
Cell-Phone: (+86) 150 0971 5285 Email: nangchukja@friendshipcharity.org
Tel/Fax: (+86) 0971 6309287 Website: www.friendshipcharity.org

TARGETED AT:
Basic Literacy [✓] Basic Healthcare [✓]
Gender Equality/Justice [✓] Poverty Alleviation [✓]
Rural Development [✓] Community Development [✓]
Environmental Protection [✓] Sustainable Development [✓]

PROJECT PURPOSE/GOAL:
This project aims to:
¾ provide water supply for 185 residents (28 households) including a family of four
mentally retarded children, two ill parents and twelve disabled locals.
¾ enable women to seek alternative work to help them support their families.
¾ reduce the time of collecting water from the nearest source – a roundtrip distance
of around five kilometers that requires three to four hours to complete.
¾ improve the health and personal hygiene of community members by providing
water for bathing and washing clothing.
¾ increase the number of girls attending school, as many schoolgirls stay at home
caring for the household while their mothers are away collecting water.

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¾ reduce the environmental impact of livestock taken across the grasslands to water.

Photographs

A woman carries water.

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Yeduoji family's house, built in 2009 by the National Lottery Public Welfare Fund (国家
彩票公益金).
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Yeduoji's old house.

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Inside the house.

Bed.

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Limo 李毛, (b. 1925), Yeduoji's mother, is the healthiest person in the family.

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Yeduoji 叶多吉, (b.1961 ), mother of six children, is somewhat mentally handicapped.智
力残疾人.

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 Yeduojid’s Disability Card

Benmei Jia 本美加，(b. 1951), father of four children, had a stroke (脑溢血), and
surgery on 19 June 2008 that cost 80,000RMB.

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The four mentally retarded and disabled children (detail below).

Deji 德吉, (b. 1989), the eldest sister.

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 Deji's Disability Card.

Danzhengcuo 旦正措, female, (b. 1992).

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Danzhengcuo's Disability Card.

Degeji 豆格吉, female, (b. 1990).

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 Degeji's Disability Card.

Duojie Caidan 多杰才旦, male, (b. 1986), the only son, is mentally retarded.

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Duojie Caidan's Disability Card.

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Beneficiary Background
Damang is a Tibetan herding community with 1,106 residents (230 households). It is one
of the largest herding communities in Taxiu Township’s ten communities. There are
16,555 head of livestock on 35,400 mu (2,361 hectares) of grassland. Locals raise sheep,
yaks, and horses. On average, each family owns three yaks and forty sheep. The number
increases according to a family's wealth. Higher income families with over sixty head of
livestock can earn 1,000RMB per year by selling butter, cheese, and meat. Poor families
have no such cash income. Locals herd livestock day to day and sometimes night to
night in order to increase their livestock to increase their income.

The average elevation is 3,300 meters above sea level. Local highland climate changes
unpredictably that make many herders catch cold/flu frequently. During rainstorms,
windy, and snowy days, locals still must herd in the mountains. Plus, locals have little
knowledge of hygiene. Therefore, people ignore their health. They focus on herding and
fetching water, collecting fuel, and milking yaks.

Problems
185 residents (28 households) of Damang Tibetan Community lack water near their
homes. They currently travel up to five kilometers roundtrip to water their livestock and
fetch water for drinking. There is only one water tap and, because most local residents
share this water source, the wait for water takes four to five hours. For the people who
live farthest away and must spend much time traveling to the source, this is an added
burden. Many poor families lack motorcycles and tractors. Their donkey carts can haul
only fifty to seventy-five kilograms of water, enough for two days worth of tea and
nothing else.

Local women carry twenty-five kilograms of water, which is only enough for
approximately a day and thus must fetch water daily and, sometimes twice when guests
visit. Furthermore, grassland degradation worsens with livestock being driven once every
two days to the distant water source. Consequently, much grass is damaged and cannot
feed the livestock that depend live on it. This results in villagers needing to buy feed for
livestock, which costs much of their annual income.

Most housework is children's responsibility; chores must be done when they return home
from school. This leaves students with little time to study, particularly in the case of
female students, who are responsible for most domestic labor (cooking and cleaning).
Male students' studies are also affected as they must take time to feed the family’s
livestock. Students may also be required to stay at home while their parents are away
fetching water or working outside the village to earn extra money.

Finally, most locals bathe once a year or never. Some people never bathe in their lifetime.
If they want to bathe, they must travel at least fifty kilometers to another township or
county. People looking to wash with hot water must spend time collecting sheep and
livestock dung to heat water. Some families heat water by burning coal, which produces
poisonous fumes, negatively impacting health, particularly over the long term. As most

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local women grow older, many become chronically ill and take medicine that frequently
does not help, but consumes a significant part of the family's income.

Particular Family Background

Yeduoji's family is a must-mention problem. It is a family of twelve Tibetans. Yeduoji 叶
多吉's mother is now eighty-five years old. Yeduoji's husband is fifty-nine years old.
They have six children of whom four are ill. The two oldest daughters (normal health) are
married. The eldest one has two children, and they all live together. The second daughter
had a son before she was married. After her marriage, she left her son with her parents
and went to the groom's family alone. Now in total, there are twelve people in Yeduoji's
family. The four ill children cannot help the family much. They cannot herd and fetch
water. Yeduoji's oldest daughter and her husband herd livestock for the family. The
family income is earned from herding livestock, selling wool, sheep, goats, and yaks.
They own 114 sheep, twenty-six yaks, and six goats. Yeduoji herself and her oldest
daughter fetch water (2 km roundtrip with a 25kg bucket) for the family. This takes about
two to three hours daily.

The family has never seen a doctor. The reasons why the four children are mentally
retarded are unknown. The local county government recognized them as mentally
retarded and disabled (智力残疾人) with certificates. It seems (as told by their parents)
congenital as their mother also suffers from the same condition.

The family lacks adequate housing for twelve family members. A partial donation from
the National Lottery Public Welfare Fund (国家彩票公益金) in 2009 built a house for
the family, however, the family still lacks room for all members -- they wish to have one
more house to allow them to have adequate space.

Solution
Installing 2.5 kilometer of pipes to Yeduoji's home and its twenty-eight neighbors will
significantly shorten the distance that families must travel to get water. Unfortunately,
locals have no funds to purchase and install necessary pipes and the government does not
install pipes into ethnically diverse communities.

Yeduoji's family receives occasional in-kind and small cash donations, however, such
handouts are undependable and not sustainable. They often think 'Who will bring
something next?' thus repeating the cycle of poverty.

What is an extremely problem for this family is lack of water. Because Yeduoji mostly
works at home, fetches water, and doing family chores, bringing running water to the
home would lessen family burdens.

Furthermore, the chance of regular bathing with warm water and soap has multiple
benefits for both men and women’s genital health. For the uncircumcised male, regular
washing may lower the risk of penile cancer and may be associated with decreased risk of
cervical cancer for their sexual partners. Among women, regular bathing is associated
with lower risks of reproductive track infections such as yeast infections, trichomonaisis,

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and bacterial vaginosis. The ability to bathe also decreases the risk of skin infections such
as impetigo for people who have suffered cuts, abrasions, and/ or burns and might also
promote healing.

Overall, this water and sanitation project will meet villagers’ daily need for hot water and
allow them to lead healthier, comfortable lives.

What further support can be made to this family?

Providing fees for medical diagnosis will give a better idea of what could be done, to end
such diseases. Holding health training programs and raising awareness of sanitation
through various programs and arranging qualified doctors in the community would
prevent such health problems. However, this is only suggested in this proposal and can be
done once a donor is interested.

FCA and village leaders have discussed this proposal and people from the community
where the water source is located have agreed to allow water to be piped to the twenty-
eight households. The local government is supportive and has tried to establish similar
projects throughout the township. However, many villages have very limited funds and
the local government is seeking external funding through charities, such as FCA, who
understand the community's needs.

Plans
Friendship Charity Association (FCA) will employ a water expert to oversee the purchase
of all necessary equipment. Project material quality will be guaranteed by the companies.
FCA has had experience in purchasing items related to water and construction projects,
such as pipes, and will utilize such successful models and lessons learned in this project.
The village committee will organize local residents to dig the ditches and lay the pipes.
Once this is completed, the water expert will inspect the taps and monitor pipes for leaks
with four to six local villagers, thus providing training in necessary skills. Consequently,
locals can check the pipes and taps on a weekly basis in future. These trained villagers
will have extra responsibilities in times of harsh weather and local village committees
will pay 500RMB a year per person. For example, in summer, heavy rains might cause
flooding in sectors of the community and the pipes might be pushed to the earth surface.
The inspectors will be in charge of fixing such. Additionally, in winter, the village
inspectors will need to keep taps from freezing.

EXPECTED RESULTS:
Villagers will fetch water and water livestock near their homes. The burden on women
who collect water will be reduced. Girls will be encouraged to attend school as they will
not need to stay at home to fetch water. Yeduoji's family will no longer suffer from
fetching water. This will provide a better quality of life. Additionally, locals will no
longer need to drive their livestock to distant water source, thereby improving the
grassland environment.

SUSTAINABILITY:

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Local community committees and FCA are responsible for sustaining the project after
completion. The water pipes purchased in Xining will be of the highest quality and will
last at least fifteen years; the company will guarantee it.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES/DURATION:

2010 Activities Participants

April 15 Receive funds. FCA
April 20 Hold project meetings. Locals, FCA
April 25 Train project committee members. FCA, locals
April 30 Expert designs the water pipeline. FCA, locals
May 1 Dig ditch. FCA, locals
May 5 Purchase project materials. FCA, locals
May 15 Inspect the project. FCA, locals
May 29 Connect pipes. FCA, locals
June 15 Complete the project. FCA
June 25 Interview participants. FCA, Locals
July 5 Write final report. FCA

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BUDGET:
a) Requested contribution from the donor:
Item Details Total RMB
Running Water
Plastic pipe #32 1,000kg × 13.00RMB 13,000
Plastic pipe # 40 500kg × 13.50RMB 6,750
Plastic pipe #50 100kg × 14.00RMB 1,400
Connections 15 connectors × 14.00RMB 210
Cement 2 tons × 580RMB 1,160
Brick 500 bricks × 3RMB 1,500
Taps 3 taps × 30RMB 90
Tap room door 3 doors × 150RMB 450
Material transport 3,000RMB 3,000
=27,560
Extra tap rooms 4 tap room × 875RMB 3.500
Digging/ covering trench 1,250 meters × 11RMB 13,750
TOTAL 44,810

b) Local Contribution:
Item/Type of Activity Details Total RMB
Water design fee 3,000
Digging/ covering trench 1,250 meters × 11RMB 13,750
LOCAL CONTRIBUTION 16,750
TOTAL WATER PROJECT BUDGET 61,560

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SITEMAP:

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

General Local Condition:

Herding and farming are key economic activities in 73 administrative villages and three
herding and three farming townships in Mangra (Guinan), which is home to 65,474
people (72.3% Tibetans) in east-central Qinghai Province. The average elevation is 3,100
meters above sea level. Most communities herd sheep, goats, yaks, and cattle. Farmers
cultivate barley, wheat, rapeseed, and potatoes. The county also has a large desert that is
increasing in size yearly. Many herding communities lack basic education resources (the
enrollment rate is very low) and convenient water supplies for both people and livestock.

The average annual cash income per person is 363.40RMB. Locals sustain themselves by
herding, farming, and selling livestock, sheep wool, butter, cheese, and caterpillar fungus.
They seldom leave their communities to find work or earn money because they have
minimal Chinese language skills.

Mangra County has one of the lowest levels of education in Qinghai Province. Education
has a low priority among herding communities. A recent local Education Bureau policy
states that locals must send their children to school. Nevertheless, 90% of children do not
continue their education after primary school because their parents keep them at home to
work. Parents also cite the many college graduates who are 'waiting for jobs' when
questioning the value of education. Consequently, most students who finish primary
school, junior middle school, and senior middle school must stay at home to herd, farm,
and marry. The cycle of poverty, poor health, and environmental destruction is repeated
generation to generation.

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