Water Crisis
No Clean Water!

Results from a recent study of current living conditions
throughout Africa report that more than one billion people do not have enough
clean water to provide for their basic human needs. As a result,
more than
2,500 children are dying each day.
"When people are desperately thirsty," one official explained, "they are
willing to take the risk of disease by consuming water that may not be healthy.
For them - it's either risk infection or die from thirst! It is a horrible
position to be in."
Unsafe drinking water can carry diseases such as malaria, trypanosomiasis,
intestinal worm infections, dengue, and schistosomiasis - as well as bacteria
that can lead to deadly diarrheal infections. "In some areas," the report
continued, "the level of suffering and misery owing to the inadequacy of clean
water is almost beyond comprehension judging by the number of pregnant women and
children who suffer from deadly diarrheal diseases such as cholera and
dysentery.
"These parasites and diseases feed on very young children and the elderly.They are the innocent and silent
members of society... they have no one to be a voice for them."
"Entire villages and communities are being wiped out
by diseases that are living in dirty water.Children are dying in huge numbers! For
many people, these numbers are so big that they cannot
begin to comprehend them - they are statistics! But
imagine your own child dying . . . and then imagine
if it happened to every child in your neighborhood school!
That's when we start to understand how horrible the
crisis is! These poor people desperately need our help! Kazira Orphand Project is looking for contributions
that will be used to provide safe drinking water for
men, women and children in Africa's neediest regions.