The practice of international public welfare projects in Africa as XCMG cellar
Ethiopia local time on August 4th, XCMG, China poverty alleviation fund joint Ethiopia Office of the first lady of Xugong Group officially launched the project in the local African cellar capital Addisababa ODANEBE primary school.
With the intensification of El Ni o phenomenon, since 2016, Africa has suffered more or more rainstorms and floods, or encountered rare drought, a large number of people lack of food. Among them, the situation of Ethiopia countries is particularly worrying. The latest data from the United Nations show that at least 10 million 200 thousand people in Ethiopia are in urgent need of assistance, and this number is likely to double in the next few months. At the beginning of January, the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told reporters in Ethiopia the capital city of Addisababa: "the people of the country is facing the worst drought in 30 years...... The state of emergency is far more than a government can afford."
When he learned that there was a serious drought in Ethiopia, Xugong Group Chairman Wang Min immediately decision, to Chinese poverty alleviation fund donated 1 million 850 thousand yuan, set up a special blue dream fund, of which 750 thousand yuan is used for the horn of Africa Ethiopia drought for collecting rainwater and small water conservancy facilities, combined with local international NGO for the establishment of the office of the first lady together 50 of the cellars Ethiopia communities in arid regions and schools, more than 4000 villagers and students to solve the problem of safe drinking water, enhance the ability to fight against natural disasters.
In order to make the first cellar construction of more practical value and demonstration effect, Xugong Group Manager in Ethiopia office successively to the Embassy of Ethiopia, non friendly primary school institutions such as the office of the first lady, the Ethiopian Ministry of water resources, in interviews, in-depth discussions with the Ethiopian national small and micro irrigation water conservancy project expert support location problem HuneNega on the first cellar, to Addisababa and the surrounding villages to the school and the community were investigated on the spot. When they learned that there is a village in the southeast of Addisababa near the public primary school in the state of Oromia Akaki, where more than 300 students in the class every day can only squeeze three dilapidated classrooms. More distressed is, because the school has no water tank and other drinking water facilities, these children at home early in the morning every day is full of water during class no longer come back to school, drinking water. Even the students did not wash their hands after going to the toilet. The children looked chapped lips and black hands, Xugong Group decided to first cellar was built in the primary school, for students and teachers to solve the daily drinking water and water problems.
A week before the start, Xugong Group commissioned Ethiopia water expert HUNENega technology to the first cellar. According to the needs of students and teachers in the school classroom, drinking water and playground venue size, will transform the entire cellar into four parts: the roof catchment area, ground water diversion pipeline, underground cellar, human water facilities, use of roof water and ground water, effectively increase the rainwater collection area, the volume of underground water, water cellar the increase at the same time, in order to ensure the water clean and convenient for daily inspection, will be the construction of a small cement pool or three buffer pool.
The scene in the ceremony, Ethiopia water expert HUNENega side for the staff to explain the construction scheme of water cellar project, he told reporters: "I did 30 years of senior irrigation and water conservancy projects in Ethiopia, when he learned that the project is Chinese engineering machinery enterprise leader Xugong first Ethiopia donated water cellar project, I am very happy to participate in which I share in the cellar construction experience, to do some meaningful things for the children." Then, he carefully selected the center point measurement to guide workers cellar, cellar painting set final scope.
Xugong Group pre visit China ambassador to Ethiopia La Yifan, the details of the origin, Xugong Ethiopia project site investigation of water cellar and the implementation plan of work, La ambassador said: "China ambassador to Ethiopia Museum attaches great importance to people's livelihood, poverty alleviation and other public welfare projects, Xugong water cellars project is very meaningful and far-reaching, popular the Ethiopian government is also very supportive. The move is to explore the Xugong Group will cause from domestic to overseas, as well as in other domestic enterprises to establish a benchmark example of ethiopia".
The water cellar project is Xugong Group will be the first in Chinese implementation 30 years of mature cellar technology to Ethiopia, to solve the problem of local water during the dry season. At the same time, Xugong Group is Chinese foundation for poverty alleviation since the beginning of 2005 international exploration since the first China of poverty alleviation fund Ethiopia assistance project to contribute to Chinese enterprises, therefore, the project has also been China poverty alleviation fund known as "public diplomacy model project".
