Clean Water Gives Hope
"Everything that is done in the world is done by hope." Martin Luther King, Jr.
Wells of Hope International, Inc. exists to provide access to safe water to the most needful people of the earth. The number one killer in the world is dirty water. Wells are a solution. Friends in America partner with friends in Africa to dig these wells. Working together, the problem is solvable. The answer is just under their feet.
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Our trusted partners are our greatest encouragement. Living in-country, they understand the need, culture, and process for doing business and digging wells that would take us years to grasp.
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Wells of Hope International has completed a total of 904 water projects to include deep and shallow wells, large water tank filtration systems and water catchment systems, distributed 1,930 water filters, serving 196,679 people in 22 countries since beginning in 2008. Our partners and donors made this possible and we are thankful.
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A child dies every 90 seconds from preventable waterborne diseases….stop the clock
No More Death in Our Water
Location: Agbaliwiki, Togo
The well built from sale of baseball cards
The village chief, suffering from yellow fever made an appeal for someone to come dig a well. The women and children were walking great distances to find water that caused cholera, dysentery, diarrhea and yellow fever. The people were very sick and dying as yellow fever had afflicted most of them, including the chief.
Read MoreShe Slept By The Water Hole
One of our water partners, Africa Oasis Project described a story worth telling. The old woman made her way through the darkness to the water hole clutching a handful of food and a basin. Her plan, as in many nights before, was to eat the food, sleep by the hand dug trench and be the first person to capture the little water that seeped through the dirt.
Similar scenes are repeated thousands of times across the continent of Africa.
It is a difficult scene for most of us because we have four and five sources of water through out our home. We never have to leave our home to search for water, question its purity or protect the source. These are facts and blessings that we take for granted.
Our partner describes a well dedication scene where the woman grabbed their hands and twirled in a dance of joy to say “akpe ka ka ka ka ka.” she wasn’t just saying “akpe”, or just “thanks” but “thanks, thanks, thanks, thanks” for the well bringing clean, safe water to her village. No more long, dangerous searching for water.
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844 MILLION
844 million people in the world – one in ten – do not have clean water.
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No one should die from drinking dirty water. A child dies every 90 seconds from preventable water borne diseases…stop the clock with your donation.
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