by Oliver Engelen
On a long train ride from the south-west to the north-east of China in 2005, I found myself sitting opposite a little girl with extremely thick glasses – the kind normally worn by old, nearly blind people. She was traveling with her father to the central city of Xi’an for her once-in-a-year visit [...]

by Theresa Carino
In March and May this year, Theresa Carino undertook a household survey of 7 villages in Guizhou and Guangxi Provinces where the Amity Foundation and CANGO (Chinese Association of NGOS) had carried out drinking water projects with the support of EED (a German, church-related development organization). The aim was to assess the [...]

by Beate Engelen
Amity brought rainwater harvesting technology to farmers living on the parched Loess Plateau of southern Gansu. Today, several million local people use this technique as a means to survive even severe droughts. But water scarcity remains a problem.
The terraced hills of Anding are coated in lush green patches; tiny wheat fields pile up [...]

by Beate Engelen
Restoring decaying water systems on the Loess Plateau in Gansu Province not only helps farmers get easier access to drinking water. It also reduces social inequalities between the water-rich valley dwellers and the farmers on the parched planes. In Ningxian County, Amity has shown that it can work.
Luo Xiaohong squats in her yard [...]