For hundreds of displaced villagers relocated to arid lowlands in northern Burma, water pipes mean more than just water.
Thanks to the creativity of a local “Water Pipe Monk,” the resourcefulness of our local partners and the cooperation of neighbors on the lush mountainside above, here’s what springs from a small irrigation project in Shan State: an expanded primary school attended by 106 children; terraced farmland for essential crops; agricultural training for people living with HIV/AIDs.