Romelio Hernandez, the mayor of Mercedes, believes the water crisis is only going to get worse. We need to start massive reforestation projects soon, but my appeals to the government forest service fall on deaf ears. The bureaucrats simply can't find their way out this far. Yet residents of Mercedes' villages aren't waiting for the government to come and solve their problems. That experience helped us appreciate what we have now.
Water is life.
Without water, we're nothing. So now we're going to plant trees and do a better job of caring for the watershed. We had to work hard to get good water in our homes, and we're willing to work hard to keep it. The following projects of the Advance for Christ and His Church assist communities that are working to secure clean water. This project of the West Visayas District of The United Methodist Church of the Philippines seeks to assist families in San Jose in their plan to construct a potable water supply for their community.