Have you been really thirsty in the last 24 hours? Did you have a hard time getting somethign to drink? Did you wonder if what you drank to quench your thirst was going to make you sick, or maybe even kill you? Probably not.
But there are places in the world where people no different from you have to walk for miles just to bring home a bucket of water so dirty that some who drink it will become sick or even die.
Did you know that nearly 1 billion people still don't have access to clean drinking water?
Every 15 seconds,
a child dies because of a lack of clean drinking water.
(That is over 5,000 children per day, or nearly 2 million per year.)
They dies because they drink untreated water from puddles, pits, and streams polluted by livestock and human waste. This water is often filled with microbes that cause acute diarrhea and other illnesses that lead to death.
Have you ever actually saved a life? Not many people have.
Here is your chance to do something that can literally rescue a child from death.
Most of the time, clean water is available, but it is not accessible. All that is needed is a well, water tank or small dam. Now YOU and our church body can help provide one by taking part in the WATER Project.
