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Even in the Dry Season
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010RWANDA – Kayenzi, Nyabikenke, Karongi district
GPS: 02 05.166 S, 029 24.584 E
On a typical day in the dry season, Ange Nyirabukobwa takes her jerry cans to the nearest water source—this tapped spring. She opens the spigot all the way.
Drip. Drip. Drip.
“It is the dry season, so the water only comes in occasional drips,” she explains. [...] -
Another Chance at Life
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010NAMIBIA – Tsintsabis, Oshikoto
GPS: 18 45.964 S, 17 58.078 E
The San people are the most oppressed people group in Namibia. They have been “resettled” many times, typically in barren areas of wilderness that make making a living—surviving, even—extremely difficult. They depend on the government for monthly cornmeal allotments because they live in an area of [...] -
Tunyai Health Center
Thursday, August 26th, 2010KENYA – Tunyai Health Center, Tharaka District
GPS: 00 10.561 S, 037 50.148 E
Tunyai is one of the areas worst hit by the current drought. The residents’ only way of getting clean water is through rain catchment—and with no rain in sight, the people have resorted to purchasing dirty water from vendors. They pay 20 shillings [...] -
The First Taste
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010BRAZIL – Sao Sebastiao Do Janauaca Grande, Janauaca Lake
GPS: 03 3.865 S, 060 17.407 W
Jose Ignacio is the patriarch of Sao Sebastiao Do Janauaca Grande. He is 74 years old and, until recently, had never tasted clean water.
Not once. In 74 years.
Jose’s family was there to witness his first drink of clean water. Others [...] -
Remembering Alan
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010It is with deep sadness that Living Water International celebrates the life and mourns the tragic death of our friend and colleague, Woodrow Alan Glaze. A co-laborer in Liberia, West Africa, Alan died early in the morning on August 2nd, at JFK Memorial Hospital in Monrovia. His cause of death was heart failure resulting from [...]
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I Saw Joy
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010From August 7-14, 2010, a mission team traveled from Houston to Honduras to drill a water well for the people of the village of Rio Arriba. Chad Yelverton, one member of the team, shares his experience from the trip:
I almost didn’t go on this trip at all. Seriously, I thought of reasons to back out [...]
