Drilling Water Wells
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Would
you care for a drink from the water you see in the photograph?
Each day thousands of people in Ghana, West Africa drink the
same type of water. The
water is contaminated with parasites called Guinea
Worm and Schistosomes, as well as
bacteria such as Cholera.
People drink from the contaminated ponds and become infected
with parasites, bacteria and diseases.
These result in pain and sickness.
People are often crippled, and many die.
The only
real help for this terrible suffering is fresh water. We drill
water wells in Ghana, West Africa.
It is our goal to provide fresh, clean, contaminant-free
water for every village in Ghana. We have
drilled more than 600 bore holes, with over 380 producing wells, in
more than 280 villages and towns.
Over 1 million people (1/20th of the population of Ghana)
have been given fresh, clean, contaminant-free water to drink and
cook with. BUT THERE
ARE STILL THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND HUNDREDS OF VILLAGES WITHOUT CLEAN
WATER. Josiah Tilton
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