The Need for Water
CBN WorldReach and Operation Blessing are providing clean, safe water in Jesus’ name to suffering communities throughout the world. The United Nations and World Health Organization estimate that 1.7 million deaths each year from water-borne diseases such as diarrhea are preventable through clean water, safe hygiene practices, and adequate sanitation.
What We Do
CBN and Operation Blessing are dealing with this challenge head-on by drilling bore wells to provide clean water and maximizing the benefits of these water sources by providing hygiene education and sanitation facilities. Each bore well can provide clean drinking water for several hundred villagers. In some areas individual family wells are provided. Since 1999, the Living Water program has provided clean water for over 3 million people through more than 6,600 bore wells in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
When the terrain makes drilling impossible, cisterns are built to collect rainwater and provide for an extended family of up to 10 people. Although the rainwater must be purified by boiling, an accessible water supply greatly improves the quality of life for villagers and saves several hours a day fetching water from sources that are usually polluted. To date, more than 6,000 cisterns have been completed in China.
Be Part of the Answer
Sponsoring a water project is easy. All it takes is a donation to CBN. A gift of $1,800 will sponsor one well or four cisterns and a plaque will be placed at the site of the water supply with your unique well number. After completion of the project, you will receive an information packet about your well or cisterns and the villagers served, and a photograph suitable for framing. A project usually takes six to nine months to complete. Please become a part of this life-changing ministry and call 1-877-34-WELLS or 1-877-349-3557 or make an online donation.
“And if you give even a cup of cold water to one of the least of my followers, you will surely be rewarded” (Matthew 10:42, NLT).
