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Living Waters for the World: Sharing Clean Water

Living Waters for the World is a mission-driven organization dedicated to providing clean water to communities in need. With partnerships with churches and civic organizations, we train and equip teams to install and maintain sustainable water systems, while also providing education on health, hygiene, and spirituality. Join us in our life-changing work to bring clean water to all!

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Living Waters for the World: Sharing Clean Water

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  1. Mission: To Share Clean Water with Those in Need

  2. Sharing the Water of Life … … one community at a time!

  3. Take a moment to think of your life without clean water: • Three million people die each year from preventable, water-related illness – and most are infants and young children • One billion people have no access to clean water • The lack of available clean water is the crisis of this millennium and must be addressed on multiple fronts

  4. Living Waters for the World – Our Mission: • To serve as a resource to churches of all denominations, civic organizations and others in mission, enabling them to share clean water with their partners in need We welcome churches of all denominations and civic organizations to participate with us in this life-changing work.

  5. Living Waters for the World – Rotary Partners: • Morristown, TN – Thailand • Fayetteville, TN – Guatemala • Lemore, CA – Guatemala • Elizabethtown, KY - Guatemala

  6. Living Waters for the World – Elizabethtown FPC & Rotary:

  7. Living Waters for the World – Elizabethtown FPC & Rotary:

  8. Living Waters for the World – Elizabethtown FPC & Rotary:

  9. Living Waters for the World – Our Focus: • Train mission team leaders in: • partnership development, project administration and system sustainability evaluation and assurance • health, hygiene and spiritual education • LWW clean water system installation, operation andmaintenance • Equip our partners with materials and supplies at cost • Sustain the operation of LWW clean water systems by building and supporting relationships with and between our partners through multi-year covenants and in-country network services

  10. Living Waters for the World – Our Core Values: • Relationship Oriented • Operating Partner Focused • Empowerment Oriented • Volunteer Led • Mission Focused • Network Focused

  11. Living Waters for the World – Mission Project Commitment • Typical Mission Team – 6 people • 3 Leaders • 3 Assistants • Initially trained at Clean Water U • Survey/Partnership Development Trip • Installation & Health Education Trip • Follow-up Trip – 1 year after install • Follow-up Trip – 2 years after install

  12. Living Waters for the World – Mission Project Commitment • Total Mission Project Cost ~ $27,000 • Project location • Number of systems • Type of water system • 68% - travel and living expenses • 20% - Hardware, equipment, supplies • 12% - Training and miscellaneous • Spread over 4 years

  13. Cumulative Growth of the Project (through April 2011)

  14. Where we are: Belize Clean water systems in 23 countries Guatemala Nicaragua Bolivia Haiti Peru Brazil Honduras Philippines Cameroon India Cuba Ukraine United States Dominican Republic Kenya El Salvador Madagascar Venezuela Ecuador Laos Ghana Mexico * as of April 2011

  15. The Bottom Line – Why We Do What We Do

  16. How you can partner with LWW: • Build a clean water team – become trained and equipped to share clean, sustainable water with a community in need • Donate to Living Waters for the World to fund expansion of its Clean Water U training program, scholarships and water system networks • Promote the work of Living Waters for the World by sharing this information with others

  17. Here’s to Clean Water … … for All of God’s children!

  18. Mission: To Share Clean Water with Those in Need

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