The Pendeba Society prepares for the Vale Award Project

With the prize of 25,000 RMB from Vale Award, The Pendeba Society is currently in the midst of thinking about how to make the best use of the project fund. And we have come up with several good ideas that can impose long-term positive impacts on local communities’ well-being and environmental sustainability. 

One of our identified project sites is Langga Village located near the 318 National Road and close to Baiba Village where The Pendeba Society is based. Langga Village has long been suffering from difficulties in obtaining safe drinking water for both human and livestock. Villagers need to walk long way to fetch water from hidden streams and springs in the neighboring mountains. Additionally, the water quality will get even worse during the rainy season since the flood and mud will dirty the water. On July 15, 2011, The Pendeba Society organized a survey in Langga Village to measure the feasibility of laying a water pipe from the nearest spring to the village, and the result was very promising. With assistance from an expert in drinking water project for human and livestock, and information from both senior villagers and ground-based survey, we have drafted a plan that can solve the village’s drinking water problems in the coming months. The project can benefit more than 190 villagers and over 3000 livestock including cattle, houses, goats and sheep. 

In addition to building water pipes, we are also thinking of promoting Tibetan chicken-raising in QNNP in partnership with local Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Bureaus. On July 14, 2011, accompanied by the Chief of Jiacuoxiong Township, Ms. Sonam Drolka, The Pendeba Society staff visited two chicken farms near the town that are in different scales. We had very informative conversations with the Chief and owners of the chicken farms, and we have learnt many useful and helpful tips about how to make Tibetan chicken-raising a successful business. This will help us further develop our plans to promote such businesses in QNNP, and make the people of QNNP better off. 

We hope that our efforts will generate impactful results in the region to achieve what we have been striving for – a balanced development with environmental sustainability in QNNP.