Living Water

INDIA – When the summer is at its peak and the drought spreads through the Telengana region of Andhra India3Pradesh, it becomes a real struggle to find clean water. People wait in the street, desperately hoping that a water tanker will stop. Others line up to wait their turn at a neighborhood standpipe that may be working today. In rural areas, people walk an average of 3 kilometers to fill a bucket of water.

A Living Water International fact-finding group recently returned from a two week survey of water needs in China. The group met with government officials, private development agencies, and visited remote areas where clean water is a particularly desperate need. It is estimated that 400 million people–out of China’s 1.3 billion–are without adequate access to safe, clean drinking water. On May 12, shortly after the group’s return, a terrible earthquake struck southwest China.