I love it when a community can come together for the benefit of the community because there are so many other benefits. The discovery of individual gifts in each other, the camaraderie, the satisfaction of knowing there are those in …
Posts Tagged ‘Water’
Kelecho Gerbi Water and Sanitation Project: Working Together for a Healthier Community
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Written on April 19th, 2011
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: Ethiopia, Water
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: Ethiopia, Water
New Well in Haiti
The Bertain Well: Difficult but not Impossible
Bertain can seem almost impossible to access by truck¸ certainly by heavy equipment. Chosen as one of World Relief’s target communities in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, it is clearly the most vulnerable as well as …
Water Project Gives Women a Different Perspective
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Written on March 2nd, 2011
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: Ethiopia, Water, Women
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: Ethiopia, Water, Women
The Kelecho Gerbi Water and Sanitation Project is giving women a different perspective. Before the project they had to walk about five miles to get water for their family. The irony was that water may bring illnesses through diarrhea and …
Thirsty!
Last night I awoke in the middle of the night. As I tried to rouse myself from a deep sleep state- I thought, “What has happened that I am waking up- what is wrong?” There was a burning in my …
CWR Partner Update: East Asia Water Catchment Project
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Written on May 14th, 2010
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: East Asia, Water
Filed under: Community Development
Tags: East Asia, Water
Water is the foundation of our livelihood. Not only do we need water for our own personal health, but without water crops would be depleted, animals would die, and good sanitation practices would be merely a dream.
It is difficult …
