Clean Water

Update from the field

Equipment arrived in mid Febuary, drill team arrived Febuary 25, 2010. First 84" water well completed, delivering 10 gallons a minute. The drilling rig has now been moved to Mokanji to drill at the Hospital site. As of May, we are down 250' so pray as we drill at our second site. This project has been brought together, with a great alliance of people from Western New York. More detail with follow:

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Immediate Need

The country of Sierra Leone has been devastated by a Civil War that lasted over ten years and ended in 2002. The war displaced half of the population and devastated the country’s infrastructure. After the war Sierra Leoneans made their way back home to find their villages shattered and in urgent need of repair. Today 70% of the population live below the poverty line and life expectancy is just 42 years. The mortality rate for mothers is the highest in the world and nearly a third of all children born alive never reach the age of five.

Global Outreach Mission has been ministering in the country of Sierra Leone and has planted 50 churches and has influence in over 14 Christian schools. We want to help the people of Sierra Leone to rebuild their lives and to look forward to a better future. The greatest need, which continues to be the most urgent is clean water.

In rural areas in particular, much of the population has no option but to drink from unsafe streams, contaminated by animal and human waste. Diarrhea is now the second largest killer of children under five, after malaria.

The Project

The Global Outreach Mission Clean Water Project focuses on integrated water and sanitation programs. We are preparing to send well-drilling equipment to Sierra Leone to drill the wells.

This will enable the production of clean water wells in each village. We are planning to have our pastors and Christian teachers conduct health education within the community and promote the use of latrines.

We will give each village equipment to maintain the well and also the knowledge to protect the clean water source from contamination. We will need partners to help us to accomplish this great need.

Global Outreach Mission’s Clean Water Project initiative; we drill the wells, develop community water companies, and teach health education in the name of Christ. The budget is $100,000.

We are trusting the Lord for funds to make this project a sustainable outreach where the water companies will become self-sufficient and will continue to produce clean water in the years to come.

With your help Global Outreach Mission’s Clean Water Project can affect change everyday and improve the quality of life of millions of people who live in Sierra Leone.

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