Transcript Washing… What if you had no clean water?

Think of all the ways you
use water every day…
Drinking…
Cooking…
Washing…
What if you had no clean
water?
Thousands upon thousands of
people have no clean water
Our goal is to raise money to
specifically help those in the
refugee camps in Ethiopia
and Kenya that border
Somalia.
Today one person dies every 15
seconds in Africa due to a lack of
Our goal isclean
to raise
water. money
to
specifically help those in the
refugee camps in Ethiopia
and Kenya that border
Somalia.
Somalia has had 17 governments in
the past 20 years. Refugees are
Our goal
raise
fleeing is
to to
Ethiopia
andmoney
Kenya. to
specifically help those in the
refugee camps in Ethiopia
and Kenya that border
Somalia.
Camps have been set up near the
borders, but clean water is a major
Our goal is to
raise money to
concern.
specifically help those in the
refugee camps in Ethiopia
and Kenya that border
Somalia.
In some places water is hard to find,
in others it requires a long journey. In
most places, it is full of dirt, bacteria,
and impurities.
In some areas of Kenya, sand
dams have been constructed to
collect rainwater…
But the water collected is not
clean, pure, or free of bacteria
In other areas there are wells, but no
capacity to store or filter the water.
Dysentery and other waterborne
disease results in many illnesses
and countless deaths.
This is where you can help…
is providing thousands of
LifeStraw personal filtration
straws to filter and purify water.
One LifeStraw can filter 1,000
liters of water – enough for one
person for an entire year.
A LifeStraw has no moving parts and no
need for a power souce. It is
lightweight and portable.
A LifeStraw filters out 99.9999% of all
waterborne bacteria.
The LifeStraw has four
separate filters to clean and
purify the water, including
an activated carbon filter to
improve the smell and taste
of the water
Water before and after
LifeStraw filtration.
The difference is clear.
Water for Africa began at Palm Valley Lutheran
Church in Round Rock, Texas
Where does the money go?
Water for Africa has no paid
employees.
Your gifts to the Southwestern
Texas Synod go to Water for
Africa.
Water for Africa uses the Greater
Round Rock Community
Foundation to handle all
bookkeeping, tax reporting, and
acknowledgments, at a cost of
1% of all donations.
The remaining 99% of donated
funds go to Vestergaard Frandzen
to purchase LifeStraws
The LifeStraws are delivered to
Lutheran World Relief who
distributes them in Africa.
People need your help today. You can
make a difference.
Our goal is to raise money to
specifically help those in the
refugee camps in Ethiopia
and Kenya that border
Somalia.
Inasmuch as you have done it for one of the least
of these, you have done it unto me. -- Jesus
Individual LifeStraws
Family LifeStraw Unit
Community / School
LifeStraw Unit
waterforafricacentraltexas.org
Thank You!
Please donate
today through
the
Southwestern
Texas Synod
of the ELCA