The Water Cellar for Mothers project set up by China Women's Development Foundation (CWDF) has helped relieve a total of 2.9 million impoverished people from water problems in central and western China, according to the latest data.

According to the economic development ladder theory in Jeffery Sachs' End of Poverty, growth in any

"Water Cellar for Mothers", a public welfare project organized by China Women's Development Foundation (CWDF), will hit Yingfeng Village of Leibo, a county in Liangshan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, solving its water source problems in the near future.

A launch ceremony of a charity event centered on saving water and helping people who suffer from water-shortage kicked off in Beijing with Chinese movie star Chen Kun as its

Although the 'Water Cellar for Mothers' project can't get people who suffer from water shortages in northwestern areas to get rid of the plight completely, it plays an important part in improving local people's livelihood and promoting social development.

The 'Water Cellar for Mothers' project, which enters its 13th year in 2014, is a centralized charity water supply project to help people in western China, especially rural women, to alleviate poverty caused by severe water shortages.

new initiative is currently being implemented by the China Women Development Foundation (CWDF) and will benefit more than 1,700 rural students and teachers in Gulin County in southwest China’s Sichuan Province by providing them with clean and safe drinking water.

An evening gala titled "Chinese Juveniles' Talent Show" was held in Beijing on July 23, in a bid to promote the "Water Cellar for Mothers" Project.