ReutersNearly everything in the city of Canaan, which was founded in 2010 after a catastrophic earthquake, was built by residents without government help.After waiting two years for electricity, Robert and his neighbours collected money from each household, erected the wooden poles, and wired up the cables to the house of a family who were connected to the grid."I'm a citizen - but not for the moment. I don't have the benefits of a citizen. We don't have drinkable water ... No public toilets. The government doesn't do anything for the people who live here."
