Blood: Water Mission

photo courtesy of wer-uk.org

Jars of Clay, a Contemporary Christian band, has started a project called the Blood: Water Mission. The Blood: Water Mission's goal is to provide 1000 new wells for people in Africa. People in Africa die and become sick from dirty water everyday due to waterborne illnesses. Many people have to walk sometimes 10 miles to get to a clean water source, and sometimes young girls must drop out of school so that they can walk to a well, to get clean water for their families. ONE DOLLAR can provide enough clean water for an african for one YEAR! Imagine if everyone of us gave one dollar, imagine all the lives that could be changed as a result of that. This quote by author Donald Miller sums up the purpose of this mission: "The crisis in Africa is difficult to translate to those of us living in the states. Our hearts do not know where to begin. Of the greatest accomplishments of Bloodwater Mission has been their ability to sort through the chaos to match provision with need. Clean water prevents many diseases that can prove fatal to a person suffering from AIDS. Clean water, then, guards clean blood. The simple gift of a dollar provides invaluable clean water for one African for One year. Our calling, then, is to give from our undeserved provision into their undeserved need. In doing so, we participate in the search and rescue mission God is orchestrating in this fallen world." (Courtesy of BloodWaterMission.com)