Where you live shouldn't determine whether you live.
In Ngamwa, Kenya, families who rely on rain and river water are faced with life-threatening illnesses due to air pollutants, bacteria, animal feces, and agricultural fertilizers. $15 ensures that a family of 5 has safe drinking water for one year.
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SPITTING FACTS
2,739 people will die today because of unclean water.*
To combat waterborne pathogens, we are providing water purification tablets to people who lack access to safe drinking water in Ngamwa, Kenya. Our team member, Geoffrey, who was born and raised in Ngamwa, works on the ground with local leaders to identify families most at risk.
Impact
One hundred and two families have been impacted by our work in Ngamwa Primary School.
Assets
The majority of families are farmers, and their main crops are corn, coffee, and arrow root.
Obstacles
It's a semi-arid climate, so it doesn't rain often, and crops tend to fail, affecting income which on a good day is $2 or 250 KES.
Language
The primary languages spoken are Kikuyu, Swahili, and even English at schools.
Jesus is their water source.
Water tablets are distributed through the three local Churches thus making Christ the spring from which all physical and spiritual healing flow (John 4:14).