Water changes lives

FAQ's:

• 1.1 billion people live without clean drinking water
• 1.8 million people die every year from diarrhoea
• 3,900 children die every day from water borne diseases
• Daily per capita use of water:
• North America & Japan 350 litres daily
• Europe 200 litres daily
• Sub-Saharan Africa         10-20 litres daily

The villagers in remote Zambia can not dig deep wells as the sandy terrain falls in the holes.  since the wells are not deep enough, about 3 feet deep, there is not much water.  It takes the women a long time to gather water as they have to use a small cup and a stick to lower it into the well bringing it small amounts of water to pour into a 5 gallon jug, then carry it back home.  If they can not get water from these wells they have to walk up to 4 hours to get as much water as they can carry back home.

GROW Africa aligns with organizations throughout Africa beginning in Zambia with the Zambia Project to install much deeper wells to give the villager abundant and easier access to clean water reducing death and disease.  The well building process takes 2 visits over 2 weeks to dig the well, set the rings and install the pump.

Each well takes about 3-6 of our serving team members along with 10-12 local villagers to install.  We utilize the villagers to create an ownership mentality as well as teach them how to install and maintain the well.