water of life

 

 

 

 

Water is definitely one thing that we take for granted in developed countries. A major cost of our daily expenses goes to purchasing drinking water during this journey. I miss turning on the tap and drinking from it or not to worry too much if I accidentally drink some water during a shower or using tap water to brush my teeth. One of the community projects that AOG World Relief Vietnam has been doing for many years is to provide piped clean water to villages. Today we got the chance to visit one such project with Paul Hilton and Mr Cau (Project Manager) out in a village at the out-skirts of Da Nang city. When we arrived, we saw an old man looking with enthusiasm as the others dug the ground to lay the water pipe to pipe water to each household. He told Mr Cau that he is 93 years old and this is the first time he has seen piped water to his village. He was overjoyed that he is able to live to see piped water to his house! We went into a house where they eagerly showed us their new metered tap with water running from it. The villagers have to pay a small fee for their tap water usage which the money is used for maintenance.