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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://tibetanplateau.wikischolars.columbia.edu/Australian+Embassy+Clean+Water+Project+for+Jadang+Tibetan+Herding+Community+%28August+2012%29">http://tibetanplateau.wikischolars.columbia.edu/Australian+Embassy+Clean+Water+Project+for+Jadang+Tibetan+Herding+Community+%28August+2012%29</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Please see the link above for the final report to a wonderful water project financed by the Australian Embassy in Beijing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>From:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Nangchukja / Robert<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><a name=Director></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><a name="Friendship_Charity_Association"></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Friendship Charity Association<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><a name=www.friendshipcharity.org></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.friendshipcharity.org">www.friendshipcharity.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;background:white'>AUSTRALIA EMBASSY FUNDED CLEAN WATER PROJECT FOR JADANG TIBETAN HERDING COMMUNITY</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:14.25pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:14.25pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;background:white'><img border=0 width=694 height=343 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01CD87AA.5E892A10" alt="robert water ___6___summary.png"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><a name="We_are_delighted_to_report_the_successfu"></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>We are delighted to report the successful implementation of a running water project that now provides an adequate supply of clean water to 830 Tibetan herders (162 households) with 14,000 head of livestock living on 4,000 mu (267 hectares) of grassland in Jadang Community.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><a name="With_107,300RMB_(approximately_AUD_16,69"></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>With 107,300RMB (approximately AUD 16,696.75) contributed by the Australian Embassy on 13 January 2012 and 57,730RMB provided by the local community, FCA has successfully completed this running water project. The local Water Bureau and government offered technical support and advice throughout project implementation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><a name="With_the_commencement_of_the_project,_th"></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>With the commencement of the project, the Australian Embassy in Beijing funding for this project was introduced through meetings. This final report will be publicized online and provided to the local administrative bureau. With our annual report at the end of 2012, DAP's important contribution will be recognized and publicized. During project implementation, a local water expert from the local Water Bureau volunteered, along with several other local volunteers, and managed and supervised the project, training local participants in connecting and laying pipe, and instructed in how to repair future problems, should they occur in future.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><a name="For_generations,_locals_living_on_the_gr"></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>For generations, locals living on the grassland traveled two to five kilometers per single trip from their households to the nearest water sources. Locals carried plastic water containers and used donkeys to pull carts to fetch water in old tractor-tire inner tubes and used oil barrels as water containers. Men sometimes fetched water using motorcycles and tractor-trailers. Water fetching was generally women’s responsibility. During the snowy and rainy seasons, locals rarely utilized the carts. Instead, women had to carry ten to twenty-five kilograms of water, while men herded livestock. When there were storms, locals collected rainwater to drink.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><a name="Due_to_lack_of_water,_many_locals_rarely"></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Due to lack of water, many locals rarely washed their clothing or bathed. Locals were unaware of basic hygiene and sanitation issues. Furthermore, there were frequent conflicts between neighboring families and communities in fetching water because watering livestock meant driving livestock across others' pastures to the water sources, which dramatically degraded pastures in the high altitude, arid environment where desertification is of growing concern.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><a name="With_a_new_DAP-sponsored_source_of_adequ"></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>With a new DAP-sponsored source of adequate, convenient water, locals save four to five hours every two days to spend on such other activities as construction work outside the community, making new clothes for family members, and so on.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><a name="Finally,_on_behalf_of_all_the_local_bene"></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Finally, on behalf of all the local beneficiaries, FCA would like to extend appreciation to DAP for supporting this wonderful project!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><a name="Nangchukja_/_Robert"></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=16 style='width:12.0pt;background:white;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:1.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:14.25pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><img border=0 width=551 height=365 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CD87AA.5E892A10" alt="Robert water 8312-12 __1___.jpg"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:1.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:14.25pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Before the project brought water to this herding Tibetan community, a herdsman drives sheep 4 km to water.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:14.25pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=16 style='width:12.0pt;margin-left:1.5pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:1.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><img border=0 width=547 height=828 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CD87AA.5E892A10" alt="Robert water 2____.jpg"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:1.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>A backhoe digs the water trench.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:14.25pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=16 style='width:12.0pt;margin-left:1.5pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:1.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><img border=0 width=560 height=368 id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image004.jpg@01CD87AA.5E892A10" alt="robert water ___3_____.jpg"><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='border:solid #DDDDDD 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:1.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The Australian Embassy project brought a plentiful supply of fresh water to the community's livestock.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;background:white'><br><img border=0 width=467 height=654 id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image005.jpg@01CD87AA.5E892A10" alt="Robert water ___4_____.jpg"><br><img border=0 width=519 height=666 id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image006.jpg@01CD87AA.5E892A10" alt="robert water ___5____.jpg"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>