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“It is impossible for older mothers and small children to stay healthy unless we find a solution to the water crisis.” - Sinba
Kokosa region, Ethiopia
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Your gift provides a safewater source, health training, and hope to mothers like Sinba living in Kokosa.
Life for Sinba in Ethiopia
October 2021
Sinba is a widow and mother of nine from Danshe village in Kokosa, Ethiopia. Every day, she wakes early to go fetch water for her family.
Usually she walks to a small spring outside her village for water. However, when the rains cease this spring dries up, which means that Sinba’s water options are either a nearby river or a faraway village with its own source of water.
“We drink river water during the dry season because we do not have another choice,” said Sinba. “My children do not feel healthy when they drink this water.”
The water is contaminated with bacteria that make Sinba and her children sick. When her children fall ill they miss school, and treating these diseases costs a great deal of money at the clinic.
“I have had to go to the hospital for medical treatment,” said Sinba. “It is impossible for older mothers and small children to stay healthy unless we find a solution to the water crisis.”
For the sake of her children’s health and education, Sinba hopes for safe water soon.
“I would be glad and happy if we had safe water,” said Sinba. Safe water would also allow her to plan for the future with confidence.
“I could collect water close to home and minimize my burdens,” said Sinba. “I want to expand my garden to get additional income.”
When you give safe water, you provide relief for widows like Sinba working hard for their families. You give health and safety to vulnerable communities eager for a reason to hope.
About the Region
Kokosa, Ethiopia
Kokosa, Ethiopia, is home to 210,000 people.
Lifewater began serving in Kokosa in 2015, taking on large clusters of communities at a time in designated Lifewater “projects.” Today, we are beginning programs in Kokosa Project 3, serving 10,677 people.
We can’t reach them without you.
In Kokosa, families live in traditional mud-thatched homes roofed with dried brush from the surrounding forest. A majority of families rely on agriculture for their annual income, and 53 percent of the population in project 3 have never gone to school.
Water usage is exceptionally low, with the average person using less than 5 liters of water per day. This is just one-fourth of the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended minimum quantity of water needed per day per person.
Gathering that minimal amount of water takes 2.25 hours a day, as women and children often travel to unprotected springs or rivers with long lines.
The contaminated water is dangerous for all in Kokosa, particularly children under the age of five years old. When interviewed, eight percent of children under the age of five experienced diarrhea—the second leading cause of death for young children—in the seven days prior to the survey.
The good news is, this is entirely preventable. Lifewater’s work in the surrounding area shows that diarrhea can be nearly eliminated with basic access to things like safe drinking water, proper sanitation, and washing hands with soap.
Children in Kokosa need your help. Give safe water to Kokosa today.
No. Your gift will help provide safe drinking water and improved sanitation and hygiene for the Kokosa region rather than one specific village, making it possible for Lifewater to reach families like this as well as their neighbors.
Yes! You can expect regular updates on the impact your gift is making to the women we serve in Kokosa.
Lifewater has local staff that live and serve among the communities and schools where Lifewater works. Our staff know the language and the culture and are best equipped to serve communities. Because we seek to ensure sustainable water projects and community buy in, we do not allow donors to visit the projects they sponsor. However, we do commit to sending real-time updates, photos, and stories from the projects themselves.
With more than 45 years’ experience, Lifewater is the longest-running Christian clean water charity in North America. Over those 45 years, Lifewater has worked in more than 45 different countries. Currently, our work is focused in Sub-Saharan Africa (Ethiopia, Uganda, and Tanzania) and Southeast Asia (Cambodia).
Lifewater identifies countries and regions that are unreached and underserved with basic water access and sanitation, which means we focus on areas where other organizations are not serving.
Although great strides have been made in the past 20 years to solve the global water crisis, remote and rural populations still remain unreached with adequate water and sanitation. These distant regions are difficult and often costly for governments and NGOs to serve well. Many of these communities feel as though they have been forgotten.
Currently, Lifewater has programs in Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, and Cambodia. You can go to lifewater.org/projects to select a specific water project to help. Because our programs are regionalized and made in partnership with the local governments, we are not able to take requests for specific water projects outside of our existing programs.
Lifewater budgets 80% of expenditures for programs. The remaining 20% is split between administrative/management and fundraising expenses. This ratio is best in class for nonprofits and is why Lifewater has received the highest rating from Charity Navigator.
Administrative/management expenses are used to ensure that we are effective in managing the funds entrusted to us and include the following types of expenses: accounting personnel, leadership time, professional development of staff, external auditors, legal counsel, government registration expenses in every U.S. state, credit card fees for processing donations, bank fees, database maintenance, and office expenses.
Fundraising expenses generate the income needed to do the work that we set out to do. These include the cost of direct mail appeals and communication, marketing projects, donor relations personnel, and email communication systems. Last year, every dollar invested into Lifewater fundraising efforts resulted in $10 of donation for the organization.
Over our 45 year history, Lifewater has received the highest accreditations from the most respected rating organization in the industry. Lifewater is recognized as one of the top-rated charities in the United States by independent reporting organizations, including:
Charity Navigator (four stars)
Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA)
Guidestar (Platinum)
Great Nonprofits (five star)
Excellence in Giving
Learn more at https://lifewater.org/top-rated-charity.
Lifewater’s work is founded on the belief that every person is made in the image of God. It is with this conviction that we seek out the globe’s most unreached, marginalized people groups in need of safe water.
Both nationally and internationally, 100 percent of our staff are Christians. These Christian staff help facilitate Lifewater’s Healthy Church strategy in communities. And, where there are no churches, we work with church planting partners to start new churches.
To create Healthy Churches, Lifewater first trains church leaders in foundational theology. These leaders are equipped with the basic story of the Christian faith and the biblical mandate to love others. Leaders learn that stopping the spread of disease and caring for the vulnerable aligns with our responsibility as Christians to love our neighbor.
Second, Lifewater ensures churches have safe bathrooms on their premises, handwashing stations, clean water nearby, and the education to promote health within their congregations. It’s imperative that churches are early adopters of healthy hygiene practices.
Third, Lifewater encourages churches to help vulnerable households become Healthy Homes. Church leaders undergo a training to become WASH (water access, sanitation, and hygiene) advocates in their communities. These advocates are encouraged to identify widows, child-headed households, the elderly, and the disabled to help them meet the health standards of Lifewater’s programs.
Lifewater’s Vision of a Healthy Village strategy is a relationship-first method. This model transforms entire regions house by house, village by village, and school by school. It is among the most intensive household-level work happening in the entire developing world and is closely tracked for progress, sustainability, and overall impact.
We construct custom-engineered safe water sources and teach life-saving health and sanitation practices in local villages and schools in need.
“We are confident Lifewater’s work will have life-sustaining impact.”
– Cary A. Paine, The Stewardship Foundation
Story
Your gift provides a safewater source, health training, and hope to mothers like Sinba living in Kokosa.
Life for Sinba in Ethiopia
October 2021
Sinba is a widow and mother of nine from Danshe village in Kokosa, Ethiopia. Every day, she wakes early to go fetch water for her family.
Usually she walks to a small spring outside her village for water. However, when the rains cease this spring dries up, which means that Sinba’s water options are either a nearby river or a faraway village with its own source of water.
“We drink river water during the dry season because we do not have another choice,” said Sinba. “My children do not feel healthy when they drink this water.”
The water is contaminated with bacteria that make Sinba and her children sick. When her children fall ill they miss school, and treating these diseases costs a great deal of money at the clinic.
“I have had to go to the hospital for medical treatment,” said Sinba. “It is impossible for older mothers and small children to stay healthy unless we find a solution to the water crisis.”
For the sake of her children’s health and education, Sinba hopes for safe water soon.
“I would be glad and happy if we had safe water,” said Sinba. Safe water would also allow her to plan for the future with confidence.
“I could collect water close to home and minimize my burdens,” said Sinba. “I want to expand my garden to get additional income.”
When you give safe water, you provide relief for widows like Sinba working hard for their families. You give health and safety to vulnerable communities eager for a reason to hope.
Kokosa, Ethiopia
About the Region
Kokosa, Ethiopia
Kokosa, Ethiopia, is home to 210,000 people.
Lifewater began serving in Kokosa in 2015, taking on large clusters of communities at a time in designated Lifewater “projects.” Today, we are beginning programs in Kokosa Project 3, serving 10,677 people.
We can’t reach them without you.
In Kokosa, families live in traditional mud-thatched homes roofed with dried brush from the surrounding forest. A majority of families rely on agriculture for their annual income, and 53 percent of the population in project 3 have never gone to school.
Water usage is exceptionally low, with the average person using less than 5 liters of water per day. This is just one-fourth of the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended minimum quantity of water needed per day per person.
Gathering that minimal amount of water takes 2.25 hours a day, as women and children often travel to unprotected springs or rivers with long lines.
The contaminated water is dangerous for all in Kokosa, particularly children under the age of five years old. When interviewed, eight percent of children under the age of five experienced diarrhea—the second leading cause of death for young children—in the seven days prior to the survey.
The good news is, this is entirely preventable. Lifewater’s work in the surrounding area shows that diarrhea can be nearly eliminated with basic access to things like safe drinking water, proper sanitation, and washing hands with soap.
Children in Kokosa need your help. Give safe water to Kokosa today.
FAQ's
No. Your gift will help provide safe drinking water and improved sanitation and hygiene for the Kokosa region rather than one specific village, making it possible for Lifewater to reach families like this as well as their neighbors.
Yes! You can expect regular updates on the impact your gift is making to the women we serve in Kokosa.
Lifewater has local staff that live and serve among the communities and schools where Lifewater works. Our staff know the language and the culture and are best equipped to serve communities. Because we seek to ensure sustainable water projects and community buy in, we do not allow donors to visit the projects they sponsor. However, we do commit to sending real-time updates, photos, and stories from the projects themselves.
With more than 45 years’ experience, Lifewater is the longest-running Christian clean water charity in North America. Over those 45 years, Lifewater has worked in more than 45 different countries. Currently, our work is focused in Sub-Saharan Africa (Ethiopia, Uganda, and Tanzania) and Southeast Asia (Cambodia).
Lifewater identifies countries and regions that are unreached and underserved with basic water access and sanitation, which means we focus on areas where other organizations are not serving.
Although great strides have been made in the past 20 years to solve the global water crisis, remote and rural populations still remain unreached with adequate water and sanitation. These distant regions are difficult and often costly for governments and NGOs to serve well. Many of these communities feel as though they have been forgotten.
Currently, Lifewater has programs in Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, and Cambodia. You can go to lifewater.org/projects to select a specific water project to help. Because our programs are regionalized and made in partnership with the local governments, we are not able to take requests for specific water projects outside of our existing programs.
Lifewater budgets 80% of expenditures for programs. The remaining 20% is split between administrative/management and fundraising expenses. This ratio is best in class for nonprofits and is why Lifewater has received the highest rating from Charity Navigator.
Administrative/management expenses are used to ensure that we are effective in managing the funds entrusted to us and include the following types of expenses: accounting personnel, leadership time, professional development of staff, external auditors, legal counsel, government registration expenses in every U.S. state, credit card fees for processing donations, bank fees, database maintenance, and office expenses.
Fundraising expenses generate the income needed to do the work that we set out to do. These include the cost of direct mail appeals and communication, marketing projects, donor relations personnel, and email communication systems. Last year, every dollar invested into Lifewater fundraising efforts resulted in $10 of donation for the organization.
Over our 45 year history, Lifewater has received the highest accreditations from the most respected rating organization in the industry. Lifewater is recognized as one of the top-rated charities in the United States by independent reporting organizations, including:
Charity Navigator (four stars)
Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA)
Guidestar (Platinum)
Great Nonprofits (five star)
Excellence in Giving
Learn more at https://lifewater.org/top-rated-charity.
Lifewater’s work is founded on the belief that every person is made in the image of God. It is with this conviction that we seek out the globe’s most unreached, marginalized people groups in need of safe water.
Both nationally and internationally, 100 percent of our staff are Christians. These Christian staff help facilitate Lifewater’s Healthy Church strategy in communities. And, where there are no churches, we work with church planting partners to start new churches.
To create Healthy Churches, Lifewater first trains church leaders in foundational theology. These leaders are equipped with the basic story of the Christian faith and the biblical mandate to love others. Leaders learn that stopping the spread of disease and caring for the vulnerable aligns with our responsibility as Christians to love our neighbor.
Second, Lifewater ensures churches have safe bathrooms on their premises, handwashing stations, clean water nearby, and the education to promote health within their congregations. It’s imperative that churches are early adopters of healthy hygiene practices.
Third, Lifewater encourages churches to help vulnerable households become Healthy Homes. Church leaders undergo a training to become WASH (water access, sanitation, and hygiene) advocates in their communities. These advocates are encouraged to identify widows, child-headed households, the elderly, and the disabled to help them meet the health standards of Lifewater’s programs.
Lifewater’s Vision of a Healthy Village strategy is a relationship-first method. This model transforms entire regions house by house, village by village, and school by school. It is among the most intensive household-level work happening in the entire developing world and is closely tracked for progress, sustainability, and overall impact.
We construct custom-engineered safe water sources and teach life-saving health and sanitation practices in local villages and schools in need.
Your gift reflects your trust in Lifewater International. We commit to honor your generosity by using your gift to help further the mission and vision of Lifewater International. Your donation is used by Lifewater International according to the project objectives to provide safe drinking water and improved sanitation and hygiene within the specified program area. Lifewater International is a charitable organization as described in 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, registered in the United States. All donations are tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law.
Donations are non-refundable. Lifewater International will honor a donor’s request for any pre-approved program or project whenever possible. In rare occasions where this is not possible, gifts will be used where needed, in accordance with the organization’s charitable purpose. In accordance with this policy, donor’s explicitly release Lifewater International from further restriction on such funds.
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