At the church at Saint Michel, in the southern peninsula of Haiti, a simple hand-pump well provides water for the community around them. It also provides water for the kids.
Haiti churches offer water for life
Saint Michel, Haiti
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Clean water is making a difference in Haiti.

Something as simple as clean, safe water can transform a community. It means less illness and fewer deaths. It means focusing more on living and less on surviving. It means hope for the future.

For churches in Haiti—where more than half of the eight million people there don’t have access to safe drinking water—it means they can become the source of both the literal and spiritual water of life.

At the Saint Michel, Haiti, Church of the Nazarene, a hand-pump well has allowed them to offer water to their community. It means they can provide water for the children at their day school—a necessity for growing and learning. It also helps them cook the food for the school’s daily feeding program.

In the northern peninsula of Haiti, La Reserve Church of the Nazarene is also finishing a fresh-water cistern that will provide water for a community in the mountains and for the kids at their day school.

When a youth Sunday School class at Newport Church of the Nazarene in Oregon heard that young children in Haiti have to walk up to six hours each day to retrieve water, they decided it didn’t have to be that way. So they collected $3,000 to build wells at three churches in Haiti.

And they’re not alone. Through the Haiti Water Project (caribnaz.org/water), groups are partnering with local churches in Haiti to empower them to provide sustainable water resources for the people in their communities.

For approximately $1,000, a church can build one well that will affect the lives of two thousand-plus people for years to come. If each of the 500 Nazarene churches in Haiti had a well on its property, it would mean one million changed lives. It’s a dream right now. What would it take to make it a reality?

To learn more about how to become involved in this project and to view the water project videos, go to
www.caribnaz.org/water.

To see images from recent projects, Click here.
--Caribbean Communications Office (All funds expressed in U.S. dollars)