Everything begins with Water!
Access to clean water is something which we so often take for granted. Water is essential not just for health and hydration but also sanitation. Roughly two-thirds of the population of India does not have adequate sanitation or access to clean water. It is common for villagers to walk miles daily just to collect surface or stream water that is often infected, polluted and unsafe to drink. This contributes to the death of 2.1 million children under the age of 5 annually. In the past few years, through our Ministry partner ‘Fresh Water Friends’ we have been able to drill more than 100 wells in dry villages, through the gifts of generous donors. The cost of each well is small, compared to the abundant supply of water it provides for many years. The wells are typically built near schools, and community centers, churches, so that those who come because of physical thirst can also experience having their spiritual thirst quenched. Your gift toward a clean water well can cut a village’s child death rate in half, as well as contributing to the spiritual life of a village.
