we were wrong how?
to deserve such punishments?

Who can help me?
help us?

What life once grew on the now dry banks of this fertile land?

Over the past five months, Southwestern China, including Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Chongqing, Guangxi and parts of Hunan and Gansu, experienced its worst drought in a century, following another drought in North and Northeastern China last year that led to a 50% crop loss.
In large areas of Guizhou, the drought has been continuous since eight months ago.

The recent drought has left 18 million residents and 11.7 million head of livestock in the region with drinking water shortages and caused direct economic losses of 23.7 billion yuan.

-source: Chinadaily

And the worst part is, it’s still going on, with uncertain hope for rain in the next month.  Kunming received its first rain in five months yesterday, but that was only due to cloud seeding. If no clouds pass over the region soon, the area might be completely out of water. And just as sad is the fact that so few people knew about this so late.

The villagers' water supply.

What can you do?
You can donate to the Chinese red cross here so that the people can have clean water to drink.
You can also start by remembering how lucky we are to have warm showers and clean water everyday, and to not waste a drop of them or anything else you have. Showering for a minute less can save enough water for someone to survive another day. Love the earth and protect your home.

Xiao Ke’s students sings for the drought:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSPLEN6Srd0
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