Icy cool … kids enjoy a morning bath by the brook (sapa) under a canopy of
low-lying trees at Baranggay Osmena on the outskirts of Mambulao, just below
the Gawad Kalinga Village, last month. A common scene from long ago, it has
become very rare nowadays with the intrusion of modernity. In fact, it could be
one of the few natural streams of water very close to the poblacion of
Mambulao. This stream, which originates from a natural spring not a distant
away uphill is used for drinking, washing clothes and bathing. Notice a black
rubberized water pipe along the stream, which begins from a makeshift
reservoir upstream and snakes down to a public water tap used by some
households nearby. Japan-based balikbayan Arnel P Hernandez was on his way
to visit the GK Village when he chanced on the kids and snapped them. – Text
by AP HERNANDEZ, MWBuzzpic by ARNEL P HERNANDEZ
Water of life … this “balon” boasts of spring water, a basic necessity of life
which has its counterparts in factory-churned bottled water. Households nearby,
which source their drinking water from this spring, are keeping their fingers
crossed that their sweet spring water would not be affected by cyanide-tainted
mine tailings from a nearby gold processing plant operated by Johson Gold
Mining Corp (JGMC). - Text by AP HERNANDEZ, MWBuzzpic by ARNEL P
HERNANDEZ
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