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Water is a major part of all our lives, but how much do you use each day?
What about other people?
1.1 Billion People don’t have access to safe running water. They could spend in some
cases up to 11 hours each day walking to the nearest spring to carry a 1 gallon container of water. They are stricken by disease due to the sanitation problems caused by unclean water.
Whilst some people are spending between 11 and 12 hours per day just collecting water to provide for their families, the average UK household uses 80 Litres of water per full bath and around 65 litres for a washing machine cycle.
You could help these people and save the journey they have to make every day to get clean water. Below are just some of the examples of what your money could provide.
£10 could train a person in Africa to maintain their community’s water supply.
£15 could help give a family of 5 access to a borehole.
£25 could help protect a spring and provide a family with safe water.
£30 could provide a latrine to improve sanitation and prevent disease.
£40 could provide a water filter for one family.
Don’t hate yourself for missing out.
Hetton Independent Methodist Church will be using the occasion of their Annual Sponsored Walk to raise money for the Samaritan’s Purse campaign “Turn on the Tap”.
The walk will consist of an 11 mile walk around Derwentwater, Keswick in Lake District and will be see walkers between from the ages of 5-75 (including myself).
For more information on this campaign please log on to www.turnonthetap.org.
So, how do you make a contribution to “Turn on the Tap”.
If you would like to give a donation towards “Turn on the Tap” either send a cheque to the address below or call me on (0191) 5170082. Cheques should be made payable to “Samaritan’s Purse International Ltd.” You will also receive information on the money raised after the event free of charge.
Gibbon Online, 29 Percy Street, Hetton-le-Hole, Tyne and Wear, DH5 9DX
Submitted by: Gibbon Online