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Why
the Statistics
are Staggering.
- 1 Billion very important people lack
access to clean water. (Although we don't know them personally,
are they really less valuable than we are?) They drink from polluted
lakes and streams where animal waste, human waste, and parasites
infect the water.
- Women and children walk 2 hours each way
to fetch water (hauling dirty water back to their families.) They
have no time or energy left for education or small business, and
many of them die.
- Preventable water related diseases kill
4 children every minute.. Imagine if that many precious ones were
dying in the U.S.!
CHOLERA KILLS! (learn
more)
GUINEA WORM CRIPPLES! (learn more)
TRACHOMA BLINDS! (learn more)
- 25,000 people lose their lives to water-related
illnesses every single day.
The
Solution is Simple.
All they need is a well!
As
little as $10 can provide one person with a lifetime supply
of clean water.
You can provide that money without dipping into your savings,
without affecting your contributions to churches and other charities.
Instead, you can effectively get restaurants and grocery stores
to make a contribution for you. Here's how:
Go deeper with
The 1000 Wells Project!
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For
2 weeks make water your only beverage.
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Contribute
the money you would have spent at the soda machine and coffee
shop toward the
drilling of clean water wells.
Is
it a sacrifice to give up your milk, coffee, soda, etc.
for 2 weeks? Yes!
Will you be changing someone else's life forever?
Absolutely.
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