Donate Clean Water

When you donate clean water, you make a life-changing difference in a community. Many people around the world can’t reach for a clean, refreshing drink of water on a hot summer day. Collecting water may take hours and, oftentimes, the water that took so long to find is contaminated with feces or another form of pollution. This contaminated water often carries waterborne diseases like diarrhea, cholera, typhoid, Hepatitis A, and amoebiasis. Whenever you donate clean drinking water, or give a water well donation to Africa or Asia, you can make a life-saving contribution.

When you donate clean water through GFA World, you:

Allow children to have time for school

The responsibility of collecting water often falls on the children, especially girls. When these girls have to walk for hours to find water, they are unable to go to school. For many, water is more important to the family than their education. Children who attend school have a greater chance of breaking the cycle of poverty, so water is an essential commodity for alleviation of poverty.

Provide faster access to water

When a village has access to a clean water well in their neighborhood, it is convenient and more likely to be used, rather than drinking contaminated water. When water is miles away, villagers often resort to drinking water from unsafe sources.

Give a church a ministry to their community

Each Jesus Well provided through GFA World provides a local church with a way to serve and minister to their local community. The church is responsible for maintaining the well and keeping it in good working order. The villagers know the well is provided through that local church. Pastors and other believers can then share about Jesus, the Living Water.

Provide it for free to all

In some locations, certain people are not allowed to use water from the community water source. Jesus Wells through GFA are available to all people, free of charge. Since the local church maintains the well, they are responsible to ensure everyone has free and equal access to the water.


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