We met a few women taking care of the kids at home. They mentioned about the lacking of rain this year that there was not enough water for the household consumptions. many big tanks built around the village were not fill up. After thier small taks at home were empty, they fetched up water from the tanks behind the village school. When those tanks ran out of water, they asked the TAO to carry water to the village once a week. This event happens every year and has been a part of the life at Huai Wad for some six years already.
There were some attempts in working together among the Dai Dai Dai team from Chiangrai , EWB volunteers from Australia, the villagers and local officers to solve the lack of water in Huai wad. But it seems difficult to get to the solution. Even hill water seems to be the best solution but the villagers in the nearby village do not want to share the hill water with the villagers of Huai Wad.
However, it was good to see a few villagers got back home with some foods as Lahu beans, ,cucumbers, and papayas in their baskets and bags. Traditionally, the Lahu plant some other crops together with the upland rice. So they have many foods during the harvesting time.
They also collect a lot of wild mushrooms from the wood as for their food and also for sale. A merchant comes and buys the mushrooms in the evening. They get 50 baht per kilogram of the mushroom when the local people will have to pay some 100 baht per kilogram at the market.
They looked happy when they told us the upland rice yield seemed to be enough for their consumptions this year. They have some fishes from the flooded areas effected from Kew Kor Ma Dam.
Life at Huai Wad is still going on in the similar way each year. Even sometings have been changing, but the lack of water is still existing. It does cause a great impact to the living at Huai Wad. How to cope up with such problem ?
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