CLEAN WATER SUSTAINS LIFE

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When you partner with Food for the Hungry, you help give thirsty people the clean water they need. Right now, you can get an amazing 22x times match on your gift!

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What would you do if you knew the only water available to give your child was making him sick? Would you give it to him?

It isn't OK that 1 in 9 people worldwide have to make this gut-wrenching choice every day, because they lack access to safe and clean drinking water! Or that children can’t go to school because they spend their days fetching water from distant, and often unclean, water sources.

Fifteen-year-old Emebiet from Ethiopia had to walk 40 minutes round-trip to carry 5 gallons of water to her family and their livestock, 5 times a day. It was exhausting. Worse, dangerous parasites and diseases infested the water.

“I used to collect water from an open spring that was full of worms and leeches,” Emebiet said. “Frequently I got sick from intestinal parasites and missed school.”

A Safe Source for Clean Water Saved Emebiet’s Future!

Missing school was something Emebiet hated to do. She would walk an hour each way to get to school on days when she could because it was important to her to receive an education.

But the lack of clean water in her community was preventing her from having a future, and the water she did have slowly got worse as water supplies dwindled thanks to drought.

However, there was hope for Emebiet and her community. FH partnered with the community to build a cement enclosure around the spring entrance, protecting the water quality and storing it in a safe tank.

“Now I am so happy and healthy because of the clean water I get from a well-protected source,” Emebiet said.

RS24841_IMG_1689-scr.jpgFood for the Hungry provides sustainable, life-changing water programs that save lives … and children’s futures!

When you give to Food for the Hungry water and sanitation projects, you:

  • Protect springs from diseases and contamination
  • Give kids more sanitary conditions at home and school
  • Build community water wells and storage tanks
  • Keep kids in school

For just $20, you could provide a water purification system to a desperate family. A $100 gift could provide a water filtration system. You could even help build a community well.