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Showing God’s Love

Posted Thursday, March 11th, 2010 by Field Notes

NAMIBIA – Tsinsabis, Oshikoto GPS: 18 45.576 S, 17 57.934 E This old African bush pump was worn beyond the point of repair. For several years now, Living Water has done something no other organization has done for Tsinsabis—we have maintained this pump so that people could continue to use it to get clean water. When it was clear that repairing the... [Read more]

Clean Water Brings Relief

Posted Thursday, March 4th, 2010 by Field Notes

LIBERIA – Williams Community, Sanjeh District GPS: 06 51.251 N, 010 49.117 W Margretta Brown is a teacher in Williams Community, where they used to drink this water—water that gave the people cholera, typhoid, dysentery, malaria, and worms. Not only was Living Water able to rehabilitate an existing borehole and develop it into a well that produces... [Read more]

“Nothing can live without water.”

Posted Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 by Field Notes

HAITI – Croix-Des-Bouquets, Port-Au-Prince GPS: 18 34.028 N, 072 11.628 W Although this community is close to Port-Au-Prince, the effects of the earthquake are not as bad here. Many of the surrounding areas were hit much, much harder, so people are coming into Croix-Des-Bouquets looking for help. People here used to get their water from an open cistern... [Read more]

Now, We Have Life

Posted Monday, January 4th, 2010 by Field Notes

NAMIBIA – Sharakwe Village, Rundu GPS: 18 02.143 S, 19 45.684 E Meet Sofia. She’s a deacon in the Full Gospel Church here in Sharakwe. Sofia found us while we were drilling a well at another church in a nearby village. She came to us pleading for help. “Without clean water, our children and our herds are dying,” she told us. Children in Sharakwe... [Read more]

Batama Village

Posted Monday, December 21st, 2009 by Field Notes

SIERRA LEONE—Newton, Batama Village GPS: 08 19.192 N, 012 58.309 W Like many people in Sierra Leone, the people of Batama Village have very little. There are nine houses in the village, even though more than fifty people live here. It takes one hour to walk from here to the nearest school, longer to walk to the nearest clinic. One thing Batama Village... [Read more]

Healing Water

Posted Monday, December 7th, 2009 by Stan Patyrak

My teeth are chattering on this bumpy road. The fog just gave way to light rain. Ikumbi Health Center is about 7 clicks behind us. Post-election violence rocked this region not too long ago. Three tribes, all at once, seemed to want to concentrate on being three different tribes instead of remembering that they are all Kenyan. The plastic tents on... [Read more]

Health and Hygiene: Empowering Communities

Posted Monday, November 30th, 2009 by LWI Editor

RWANDA We know that clean water is the foundation for all other types of community development, but it isn’t just because people need clean water to drink. Many benefits of clean water come when the communities we serve understand and value good hygiene practices—things we in the Western world do EVERY DAY but don’t even think about, like washing... [Read more]

An Impossible Decision.

Posted Monday, October 26th, 2009 by Susanna Donald

MALAWI—Chamba 2 Village, Nkhotakota District GPS: 12 56.155 S, 034 14.470 E At first, it seems you have three choices: get your family’s drinking water from a mud hole swirling with dirt and bacteria, risk life and limb drawing water from a crocodile-infested river, or pay to use the well at a nearby mosque. [Read more] Read More →

A Mother’s Journey

Posted Monday, October 19th, 2009 by Sarah Beth Baca

EL SALVADOR – Los Vertientes Safety. It is a cherished part of our American culture. We want to live in the safest neighborhoods, drive the safest cars, put our kids in the safest schools, and stay away from “unsafe” parts of town. As a mother of two small children, I am constantly thinking about their safety. I want to protect their bodies,... [Read more]

Washing Away Resistance

Posted Monday, October 5th, 2009 by Field Notes

ETHIOPIA—Kimpe Village, Lake Langano GPS: 07 31.826 N; 038 48.465 E The communities on the southern shore region of Lake Langano in the Rift Valley are considered some of the poorest people in Ethiopia. They live marginalized lives and support their families as subsistence farmers. Most people are drinking water from streams and rivers full of sediment... [Read more]

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