A grand ceremony was held in the Xiaowudao village to celebrate the successful completion of DNV’s fourth water and sanitation project in China, in collaboration with the Norwegian and Chinese Red Cross.

The ceremony was attended by the vice governor of the Yanbian Korean district, the Norwegian ambassador to China, Svein Saether and DNV’s regional manager Bjørn K. Haugland, in addition to local officials and representatives of the Norwegian and Chinese Red Cross.

The project started in 2007 and consisted of bringing spring water from a nearby mountain through a gravity tank and modern pipeline system to each household and constructing an ecological sanitation facility for the Xiaowudao village. Training and education were also an important part of the project.

One of the villagers said: “We now have clean and safe drinking water and improved sanitary conditions. The most important thing is that we feel much happier and have more confidence in the future.”

Date: 2008-06-11