21 Seconds Can Change a Life
How Water Transforms Communities and Lives By Amanda DeWitt A child dies from a water-related illness every 21 seconds. A startling statistic, yet these are someone’s children. Someone’s grandchildren. Every day moms and dads in places like Africa face a terrible dilemma — giving their children drinking water that is contaminated. They have no choice. […]
Water Is Life
How Your Partnership Shares Living Water By Al Goff Grace Pule has seen firsthand the devastation that unsafe water brings. As a minister at Prince of Peace Church in a small village in Zambia, she struggled with her community through the deadly cholera outbreak that struck one year ago. In need of water, which was […]
The Ones Who Came Back
Water Wells Proved What People Found Hard to Believe By Stephen Hunt In rural Tanzania near the village of Old Maswa, a group of children sat around a hand-dug hole. The children, some as young as toddlers, dipped a bowl into the puddle of water that seeped into the hole and poured the cloudy brown […]
Accessing the End of the Earth
Access, Credibility, and Ministry Effectiveness By Stephen Hunt Some Africans refer to this place as “the end of the earth.” Chad, the largest land-locked country in Africa, is as dry as that distinction suggests. If you travel around the country, you will find some of the most desolate and remote places imaginable. You’ll breathe more […]
Water: Carrying the Burden Part 2
The Water We Consume By Lara Strain If you recall from the previous post in this two-part series “Imagine Your Day Revolving Around Water Collection,” the minimum water necessary for survival amounts to a mere 2 gallons. That increases to 13 gallons if you desire clean clothes and thorough bathing and hygiene. How Much Water […]
Water: Carrying the Burden Part 1
Imagine Your Day Revolving Around Water Collection By Lara Strain Our lives overflow with busyness. We focus time and attention on our work, fun activities, and our hobbies. This list of pursuits doesn’t include gathering water. However, millions of people, mostly women and children, spend countless hours collecting water for their families. How Much Water […]
