When you live in a place of instant access to water it is hard to understand how important water is to staying healthy and alive. And yet many people around the world live day to day with poor access to water, and sometimes only have access to dangerous water. Imagine a stomach ache all day, every day due to contaminated water. It is often much worse than that.
Wheat Ridge stepped in to help some congregations in Slidell, LA and Chicago, IL give some tangible help to the Kuwaa people of Liberia, West Africa. The project will focus on health and wellness through digging wells, providing pumps and filtration systems and building medical clinics that provide care for various tropical diseases.
Next time I take a drink of water I'll think of this project and the people who are getting clean water because of it - and I think I'll check into supporting Wheat Ridge for projects like this and many others.
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