The Lutheran World Relief Community Quilt


Water
water

Doctors recommend drinking 8 glasses of water a day. Yet in many places up to 95 percent of people don’t have access to safe, reliable sources of water. Women and children, instead of working or going to school, spend hours every day fetching water for livestock and family members. Often the water they bring home is contaminated, causing illness and even death. Poor land management practices, sometimes handed down from generation to generation, contribute to the degradation of water sources. Droughts kill crops in one region of the world, while floods wash away others. In nearly every country, ending poverty means managing water.

provide water

$40     Potable water filters for 4 families in the Philippines
$80     Water for a small herd of 7 cows for a year in Africa
$150     Water reservoir system for a family of 8 in Nicaragua
$250     75 meters of sprinkler irrigation for a farming family in Peru
$500     Community r ainwater container for a village in India
$1000     Water filters to bring potable water to 4 communities in Nicaragua
$5000     Community well for a village of 800 people in Mali

 


The dollar amounts listed for items associated with each Gift Square represent the cost of providing the items and/or support services or training. Each gift you make is symbolic and represents a contribution to the entire mission of LWR, to be used where needed most.

Clean water brings new life to communities affected by disasters.

Photo credit: Karl Grobl for LWR

 

 

 

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The generous soul will prosper; he who waters, will be watered.
> PROVERBS 11:25

 

WE ARE RENOVATING...

The online donation system for the Lutheran World Relief Community Quilt is undergoing renovations in 2008. During this time, we are requesting that you make your donations by phone or postal mail.

WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY QUILT.