Water-for-the-World

Water is mentioned over 700 times in the Bible, revealing its importance since the beginning of time. Life depends on it. Doctors lecture on the importance of hydration, gardens flourish with moisture, and farmers and herders realize the urgency to supply water for...

H2O—more commonly known as water—is necessary for human existence. As good water sources dwindle, the demand for clean water is escalating.

A woman turns the handle of a pump. With each turn clean water streams out, a gift the people of in Zimbabwe have lived without.

Women and children around the globe spend hours in the hot sun, collecting water from contaminated water holes and polluted rivers.

Many of us who open a faucet and receive a clear, cold gush of clean water any hour of the day can hardly grasp how precious water is.

Each year, approximately one million people die from using contaminated water. Safe water is crucial for good health and sanitation.

What about taking a bath in muddy water? For many children in Cambodia, this is normal. Their water comes from muddy ponds, rivers.

Some groups migrate from one area to another, searching for precious water for themselves and their livestock.

Imagine what it would be like to drink water from a water hole, unfit even for bathing. Until recently, this was reality for a community in Cambodia.