Water and Diesel

Seven large diesel pumps are running night and day, consuming $1,000USD of fuel every day. We must build the reservoir, but until we do, we are dependent upon the rivers. Unfortunately, the Chinese dams are still filling their reservoirs and water is not flowing. What started as a wet spring has turned into a dry summer and our rice is thirsty. So, we built three more large 16" pumps. Pray for rain on our rice! Rains around Cambodia are very spotty this year, with some localities experiencing flooding and others drought. Thanks to the generosity of so many, we were able to feed our rice! We have the fertilizer. We have river water, but we don’t have diesel fuel. Left, picture above, is rice we irrigated. Right, before it was watered. That’s why we built the three new big pumps. If we lose this crop we die. We cannot afford $1000USD/day for diesel! We need another 45 days of water; it would sure be nice to have it fall from the sky! At least one of the rivers won't last that long.

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