Solving the Water Crisis in Sub Saharan Africa is a Good Investment

Every US dollar invested in improving water and sanitation provides us an economic return of $8.

At any one time it is estimated that over half of the world's hospital beds are occupied by people suffering from a water related diseases. The US spends $7,000,000,000 a year on world health agencies.

To reach the goal of providing clean water sources and sanitation to people in the developing world would cost $11 billion, but it would produce a return of $84 billion a year.

Well, none of us have the resources to singlehandedly solve the water and sanitation crises worldwide, but we can make the world a better place to live for hundreds of people by being involved in the Walk for Water Africa.

Here's how our dollars are cost effective in rural villages throughout Sub Saharan Africa:
Providing clean water sources and sanitation means...
-hope for a better future for all
-less time sick or caring for the sick from water related diseases
-girls able to attend school rather than spending hours fetching water
-fewer children dying from water related diseases
-better educational opportunity for all
-women able to spend their days on productive work that generates income for the family

It is amazing how a well transforms a village and makes other improvements in quality of life possible.

That is exactly what we want to do for villages in Kenya.

May 15 at the Walk for Water Africa 5K Walk and 11K Race we are going to show some love for Kenya. We are going to invest in saving and improving the quality of life for hundreds of people.

We believe that God's heart is a heart of compassion and that He wants us to be the living, breathing expression of His love to the needy and oppressed people of this world. So, I invite you to invest in something that is on God's heart.