Water is a scarce resource in this high desert. It determines the success, or failure, of food production. 

Currently, there is one water supply pipe to the village; it supports domestic needs, irrigation needs and the school. The village has complained that the school takes too much of this precious resource. Pema has located a new spring in the mountain, and would like to run a new pipe from there to the school. He has asked for financial assistance from us.

Saldang had no snowfall in the winter of 2015/16 so the water situation is much more desperate than normal. The Saldang La (La is a high altitude pass) also had no snow, normally the snow is so deep that the pass is closed for several months.