| This year, Living Water International is rehabilitating more than 100 wells in Sierra Leone, where many open wells are contaminated by surface water during the rainy season.
Sierra Leone’s sanitation is poor, and its water table is high. So surface water transports all kinds of filth and debris into the wells. As a result, many people contract diarrhea and cholera – often fatally. Water-related disease is the single largest killer of infants in developing countries. Sierra Leone, according to UNICEF, is one of the worst places on earth to be a child. […] LWI has been addressing the global water crisis for 17 years and has directly implemented more than 5,000 water projects. It plans to repair at least 1,000 more wells in the year 2008. For $2000, you can help restore clean water for a village in Sierra Leone. |
I’m thankful for good water to drink.
And filters to buy when it’s not.
(Is that all?)