Providing Fresh Water

We've received a report from Samaritan's Purse on how our $11,240 contribution is being used in Bolivia to provide clean water:

According to National Geographic, “Nearly 900 million people in the world have no access to clean water…dirty water and lack of a toilet and proper hygiene kill 3.3 million people around the world annually, most of them children under age five.”  This certainly holds true for residents of the altiplano region in Bolivia.

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Most of the water used in the altiplano is taken from open, hand-dug pits or shallow water reservoirs that are easily contaminated by animals and other sources.  Using this water often results in diarrhea, a leading cause of malnutrition and death among the campesino, or subsistence farmers; young children in these families are especially susceptible.  Half of the year, during the dry season, many families are forced to move closer to the nearest source of water. 

At a cost of less than $500 per well—which also includes a fixed hand-pump—Samaritan’s Purse is changing conditions for entire families and communities in the Bolivian altiplano.  In addition to providing clean, potable water, the project is also bringing together indigenous Aymara communities as they help each other with the arduous work required to complete a well.

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None of this would be possible without your help.   You contribution is helping hundreds receive the life-saving water they so desperately need.  More importantly, not only we are helping indigenous communities in these arid highlands quench their physical thirst, we are also introducing them to “springs of living water” that are found only in Jesus Christ (Revelation 7:17b).

Your continued prayers are greatly appreciated.  Thank you for partnering with Samaritan’s Purse in this life-changing work.