Thursday, June 4, 2009
Stairs
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Back Home!
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
There are about 4000 people that live in this community and they have no access to clean water. The challenge in this area is that the water table is so deep that to access it, required a deep bore hole well. It was such a big project that many people had visited it but had left feeling like there was nothing they could do to help. We did not want to be another organization that came to see the need, but then decided that it was to big. So Water to Thrive committed to this project with Glimmer of Hope, and God has blessed it! They started the drilling process and hit water a lot sooner than they anticipated. After they hit water, they also discovered that there was considerably more water than was anticipated and they will be able to add additional water access points to this project. Initially there going to be five different water points off that one well, but they are looking into adding two additional water points to the project because of the amount of water they found.
Here is a picture of the well site. The project is still under construction, so right now it is capped so the rest of the project can be built to pump and distribute the water.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
On this Mother's Day
Today, as I think about all the mothers that I know, I also think about all the mothers that I don't know, that weep for their children. That weep for a life they wish they could provide for them. And I pray for those mothers and their children.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Countdown
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Spend Yourselves
Monday, March 30, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
In rural Ethiopia, only 1 in 3 people have access to clean drinking water.
At any given time, more than half of the country's population of 75 million people is suffering from an unnecessary water-related disease.
1 Ethiopian child in 10 dies before their fifth birthday; half of those die from diarrhea.