ELCA World Hunger funds have been provided to Luzhou Church (Sichuan Province), China, to meet the needs of those living in poverty in the area.
The village of Tubida has benefited in many ways: a new road and clean drinking water.
Date(s): Aug. 9, 2008. Album by ELCA World Hunger Appeal. Photos by Franklin Ishida. 1 - 12 of 12 Total.
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enlarge 90KB, 427x640 2 Tubida 2 Mayor Yao explains to Peter Shen, ELCA advisor in China, how the well works. The well tube goes down 60 feet and water is pumped up with a 300 watt pump and piped into the house. There is plenty of water for the rice fields, but none is safe for drinking.
enlarge 50KB, 640x427 3 Tubida 3 Mr. Peng Jianming next to the water that comes into his house.
enlarge 59KB, 640x427 4 Tubida 4 Mr. Yao Huaiching describes life as having become easier now that he doesn't spend so much time hauling water from afar.
enlarge 57KB, 640x427 5 Tubida 5 The road that was paved with ELCA World Hunger funds. This allows local residents to ship out their crop of lychees, as well as rice.
enlarge 48KB, 640x427 6 Tubida 6 Mayor Yao next to another well.
enlarge 43KB, 427x640 7 Tubida 7 The road paved with ELCA World Hunger funds. In the distance is a government-built conference center, which was built because there now is road access to the location and it can bring in more income to the village.
enlarge 49KB, 427x640 8 Tubida 8 The road paved with ELCA World Hunger funds
enlarge 73KB, 640x427 9 Tubida 9 Villagers established a cooperative, through which they are planting entire new orchards of lychee trees.
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enlarge 49KB, 640x427 11 Tubida 11 Lychee fruit from Tubida are uniquely larger and have a red outer shell (normally brown). These lechees were in high regard by the Tang Dynasty court and are still in high demand.
enlarge 31KB, 640x427 12 Tubida12 The lychee fruit from Tubida were offered to visiting dignitaries to the Beijing Olympics.
