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Volume 7 / Issue 2

HOW YOURGIFT SAVED LIVES AND BROUGHTTHE JOY OF CLEAN WATER

The Impact of Your GiftsIn Their Own Words

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“Before these berkads, we did not have enough water in our village. When the water ran out, we would have to travel three hours by foot to the mountains in order to gather water. These berkads provide us enough water. They also benefit us as we earn income to help build them. We very much appreciate the berkads because we now have enough water to cover our needs.”

– Sahra, 30, mom of three

“Before the berkad was built, there was not enough water. We were going so far to gather water. Now that World Concern rehabilitated this berkad, it is good. When it rains, the berkad fills up and we save it for use when our water supply is low.” – Asha, 48, mom of three

“In school we learned about hygiene—to wash our hands before we eat and to wear shoes when going to the toilets. It is good to do these things because if you don’t wash your hands and then you eat something, you will probably get a disease.” – Sahra, 12, student in grade 2

Berkads are large concrete tanks that channel and store rainwater. You helped provide berkads in Somaliland!

Story of SurvivalYour Gift of Clean Water Saved War War’s SonStarting

With Water As you read these stories of

lives being transformed by clean water, know that your giv-ing matters. You are the hands and feet of Jesus, meeting this critical need and opening the way for lasting transformation to take place.

During his time on earth, Jesus met physical needs. Whether for healing, food or water, he compassionately met the need first. Then, he introduced him-self by explaining that those who followed him would never be thirsty again.

In most of the impoverished places where World Concern works, meeting needs starts with water. Why? Because when a mom is trying to keep her child alive, nothing else matters. You and I are called to help meet this vital need.

Step one: preserve life. That’s our mantra in a disaster, and it ap-plies to other desperate circum-stances, too.

When I turn on the tap at home, I never think twice about that wa-ter flowing out. God calls those of us who are blessed with abun-dance to help meet the needs of those who aren’t.

When your acts of compassion are combined with the gospel, the result is incredibly powerful.

Thanking God for you,

Jacinta Tegman President, World Concern

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Because of you, War War’s children have clean, life-saving water.

Your gift is providing clean water to students like 14-year-old

Mohamad—helping him stay healthy and focused in school. Because of you, Mohamad’s school in Somaliland (Northern Somalia) now has a tank that captures rainwater, providing plenty of fresh, clean drinking water for the students.

“Before, we didn’t have any water to drink while we were at school. We would feel thirsty, but we could not get anything to drink until we went home,” explained Mohamad. “When we were so thirsty, it was difficult to write well.”

The school now has a 6,600-gallon tank that captures rainwater through a gutter system on the roof, providing abundant clean water for students to drink and wash their hands with at school.

“Now it’s easier to learn because we have water,” said the grateful teen.

“In school we were taught about hygiene—how to clean our school area, how to clean our houses, and how to clean ourselves,” he said. “Now we are healthy.”

But after years of collecting water from a salty, shallow well, it’s the tank at Mohamad’s school he’s particularly grateful for. “This water tastes better because it is clean,” he exclaimed with a joyful grin.

Your gift helped improve Mohamad’s health and changed his future. Now, he hopes to pass

these gifts on to others. “School is good because if I can learn, I can go anywhere and I will become educated. In the future, I want to do something with medicine,” he said.

War War, a young mom in Myanmar, knows her children are alive today because of the water you provided. She smiles and tears up when she

glances at the cistern in the middle of her village. Her children giggle as they chase each other around the concrete tank filled with life-saving water.

For the first few years of her babies’ lives, War War did what all the moms in the village did—she retrieved water by the bucketful from the mucky, still water that sat in the pond in their village.

The water made them sick. At the same time her youngest son became ill with severe diarrhea, War War herself got sick. With the help of friends and family, they eventually made the four-hour boat ride to the nearest hospital where they were treated for water-borne diseases.

In and out of consciousness, alone and fearful for her son’s life, War War learned it was the dirty water she had been giving her son that caused his

sickness. She was devastated.

Thankfully, both survived. Because of you, the village now has clean water, and families have learned the importance of good hygiene and sanitation to stay healthy.

War War is now one of the village’s strongest advocates for clean drinking water, helping ensure no other mom ever has to endure the

pain of having a child nearly die from dirty water.

When asked what her favorite part about being

a mom is, War War’s gaze turns towards

her healthy bouncing little ones and responds,

“Everything.”

Clean Water Changed Mohamad’s Life and Future

“Now we are healthy.” – Mohamad, 14

It costs just $20 to provide clean water to one person, like War War’s son.

You helped provide this water tank for Mohamad’s school!

Tank full of clean water!and You!

Gutters channel rainwater.