WHAT WE DO CLEAN WATER PROJECTS

DIRTY WATER KILLS A CHILD EVERY 15 SECONDS

WE HAVE THE WATER WELL!!!

Recently our friend Caleb requested help from CHRF Donors to drill a well for the new orphanage location in Kampala Uganda. Here is his report.


The drilling rig and crew - very impressive

The water drilling project went well. We are now assured of safe, clean drinking water!

And we hope this will reduce tremendously the water-borne related diseases there by reducing the disease burden in our home and in our community.


Clean safe water found at 75m deep!


The children scramble for the first sip.


Water party!!

And no more long distances and waiting in long lines for hours to fetch water with these 10 gallon cans!!!

We thank God and you CHRF for your generosity and for giving us life again!

CLICK HERE TO READ LETTERS FROM THE CHILDREN

 


"Don't drink the water" is a meaningless
prevetative if you don't have any other options

 

 

"Waterborne illness kills a child every fifteen seconds and underlies much of the world's disease and malnutrition."

UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman

 

 

 



Simple diarrhea kills 4,500 children every day - caused primarily by unsafe drinking water. Most of these children live in sub-Saharan Africa , where the water supply for as many as four out of five rural children is crawling with disease-carrying parasites.

Lack of access to safe water also takes a huge economic toll. UNICEF estimates that some 40 billion work hours per year are lost in Africa alone as a result of the time spent fetching water long distances - up to six hours per day .

This doesn't include the comparable loss of school hours : many children, especially young girls , miss school because they must spend hours fetching water. This significantly reduces these children's chances for a more productive future.

 

"Providing access to safe drinking water is one of the most powerful and cost-effective things that we can do to save a child's life - in fact, to save a whole community of children and their families for years to come."



Children's Hunger Relief Fund believes that providing access to safe drinking water is one of the most powerful and cost-effective things that we can do to invest in a child's life - in fact, to invest in a whole community of children and their families for years to come. We have funded thousands of projects over the past 25 years - for families, communities, children's homes and schools.

A small tank to collect and store clean water costs as little as $300 and will serve 15-20 people. A well for an entire community or school costs an average of $3,000. Both projects have an average useful life of 20-25 years. That works out to a cost of a few pennies per month to provide clean, life-saving water to thousands of people over the next 20-25 years.

Now that's a really good investment.

So typhoid is saying good bye
to us."

- Margaret, Rugongo Primary School ( Kenya )


Several of our projects have been for children's homes and schools.


Children’s Hunger Relief Fund Clean Water Projects

Cost of Small Water Tank: $500
Serves: 15 - 20 people
Avg. Useful Life: 25 years
Avg. Annual Cost per Person: $1.50

Avg. Cost of community Well: $3,000
Serves: 300 - 1,200 people
Avg. Useful Life: 20 years
Average Cost per Person: $0.12 per year

You can sponsor all or part of a Water Project

 


Children's Hunger Relief Fund has sponsored clean water projects in Sub-Saharan Africa for over 25 years. We have also recently launched a drive to fund water projects in Afghanistan, where 70% of the rural population lacks access to clean water. To find out how you can help, click here>>