Another passion I have is for CLEAN WATER!
It messes me up inside to know that people all over the world are drinking water from the same mud holes that animals and people bathe and go to the bathroom.
It still messes me up to look at my daughter across our dinner table and to think that she carried up to 40lbs of water every day, multiple times a day, for the first 8 years of her life.
It also messes me up that this a totally solvable crisis. I believe it is possible to see all people have the opportunity to drink clean water. I also believe that when you give even a cup of water to someone you are doing that very thing to Jesus.
THAT IS WHY I LOVE LIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL
They believe the same things and it messes them up to know people are going to mud holes instead of a clean water well every day.
Below are some statistics from Living Water International
• 884 million people in the world do not have access to safe water. This is roughly one in eight of the world’s population. (WHO-UNICEF)
• 1.8 million children die every year as a result of diseases caused by unclean water and poor sanitation. This amounts to around 5000 deaths a day. (UNDP)
• LWI projects providing safe water and hygiene education at an average cost of twenty dollars per person, for a generation. (LWI)
• Water-related disease is the second biggest killer of children worldwide, after acute respiratory infections like tuberculosis. (UNDP)
for more statistics go here
Take a few minutes and watch this video. You will realize that water is at the center of everything.
What creative things have you done to bring awareness to clean water?
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