Clean drinking water. Water that is safe for human consumption. Water that is free of disease causing pathogens. Clean and clear, free of sediment. Confidence in a community that their families can consume the water because it is clear, clean, healthy, safe, and fresh.
In Guinea Bissau, there is no confidence of clean water. Most communities have very little access to water, and even fewer rural communities have clean water.
Worldwide women and children spend 140 million hours each day collecting water. That is the equivalent of constructing twenty empire state building each day!
A community benefits in so many ways because of clean water. Many common health problems can be avoided with access to enough clean drinking water. Problems associated with a lack of clean drinking water include severe dehydration, fatigue, depression, diabetes, high blood pressure, weakness and loss of energy, diarrhea, disease, and death.
In 2019 we were able to get a deep well drilled at our Project in Quebo. This well will help provide clean drinking water for our neighbors and serve as a source of water for drip irrigation in the dry season. At Hope Remembered we desire to see more communities thriving because they have access to clean drinking water. Our desire is to see more wells like this be drilled in different parts of the country to support the work of our missionary partners and provide clean drinking water to many communities.