Everyday we receive phone calls and mail providing us with information about different non-profit organizations. What exactly are these organizations hoping for when they ask for donations or send out a flyer? The answer to that question is these organizations need both support and a crew of volunteers to help them accomplish their mission. Global Water needs exactly that. The billion people suffering around the world without safe water is our chief concern. We can make an important difference if we support Global Water in its efforts to bring clean water to communities in need. Global Water raises money to drill wells, install hand pumps, and provide programs and materials to increase hygiene and health through education.
Water is essential 
for daily living. Think about how easy it is to get a cold drink of water or how easy it is to wash your hands. Think of all the people this organization is affecting by simply adding a safe water supply. Think of all the people that will be spared from contracting an infectious disease by adding a safe, accessible clean supply of water to their community.
The hyperlink below is short video clip of actor Orlando Bloom speaking about his experience with unsafe drinking water in a developing country. He was stationed in Nepal where he discovered firsthand the situation that communities around the globe must endure daily. Watch this clip. It will help you to visualize the dire need for safe, clean drinking water.
http://www.orlandobloommedia.flaunt.nu/play.php?vid=174
Global water is an extremely generous organization. The organization works diligently to bring safe drinking and bathing water to communities in need. The goals of the organization are realistic, effective and sustainable. Americans are accustomed to walking into the bathroom or kitchen and using the water supply directly attached to their home. Now, imagine if you lived in a country like Nepal. The water supply would not be connected to your home. You would have to send your daughter or son to fetch water from a remote location that could be a mile or two away from your home. You would have to wait for water to arrive to continue chores at home. You could not wash the clothes, clean the dishes, prepare tea nor boil water for cooking. After the children gathered the water they would begin the mile long journey back home. And when the children arrived home the water that they carried would most likely be a 25lb jug infested with bacteria!
Above: This image is of four young girls who are carrying water jugs back to their village. Since there is no local water source they girls must carry jugs weighing as much as 25 lbs. Their journey back home could be at least a mile home. With the help of Global Water these young girls would have a safe and close water source directly in their village.
Global Water understands the importance of helping third world countries. Global Water’s trained volunteers travel to these developing countries to establish a safe water supply in the communities most in need. Of course their goal is to bring clean water to all people across the planet, but they are beginning one village at a time.
Global Water has achieved numerous successes as their completed projects now span the entire world. In recent years, Global Water brought water to rural villagers in Honduras. They provided funding for five water well drilling projects. All of the wells were completed with hand pumps and each well was basically associated with a village consisting of 15 to 25 adobe hut home with a total of up to 150 people per village. This remote village is an excellent example of how this organization is bringing safe, clean water to a large amount of people. 
Above: This is an image of a young girl whose life was recently effected by the installation of a water pump. The young girl and her family can now put their minds at ease that they will no longer be inflicted with harm from drinking the local water.
Simple acts of kindness are completed each day. Local acts of kindness are accomplished without thinking. We open doors for people. We help a friend study for an exam. We make charitable donations and we support a friend in need. Global acts of kindness require more thought because they require us to think about things we do not see every day.
Join Global Water in its efforts to change the lives of people in other countries. We are very fortunate in America. But our fortune should not obscure the need to think globally. Changing the water conditions for communities in developing countries saves lives and creates a future for people all over the globe. We must start one village at a time.
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