MayMay 19 Tuesday 09
WATCHING: North Indians forced to buy water. Video from Reuters - http://bit.ly/37VjJ
updated May 19, 2009 via Twitter
MayMay 7 Thursday 09
Remembering Tommy
Tommy Head, Director of LWI Peru, was recently killed in a motorcycle accident in northern Peru. The Living Water International family mourns his death and celebrates his life.
Tommy took things to their limits. Whether reaching out to untouched peoples in the remotest …
(via LWI News Center)
MayMay 6 Wednesday 09
BREAKING NEWS: Drilling team attacked in North India - tension remains high. http://bit.ly/iU172
updated May 6, 2009 via Twitter
MayMay 1 Friday 09
Listening to Peter Swann at the Aid Sudan Gala. Great work: aidsudan.org
updated May 1, 2009 via Twitter
Violence between army and rebels in the CAR - communities fleeing their homes (again). Thousands without food and water. http://bit.ly/SBbcY
updated May 1, 2009 via Twitter
AprilApr 30 Thursday 09
Send a Mother's Day E-card to YOUR mom, and a mother in need gets to give her family water for five years: http://bit.ly/h2o4mom
updated Apr 30, 2009 via Twitter
AprilApr 28 Tuesday 09
WATCHING: An absolutely beautiful video from a recent trip to Ghana: http://bit.ly/1zvG5. Visit twotp.com for more.
updated Apr 28, 2009 via Twitter
Threat of cholera outbreak in Namibia after floods contaminate water sources - http://bit.ly/OUW3E
updated Apr 28, 2009 via Twitter
AprilApr 22 Wednesday 09
Brewing coffee and firing up the newswires... another day of telling stories and connecting communities to the water crisis.
updated Apr 22, 2009 via Twitter
AprilApr 21 Tuesday 09
Tired of only hearing doom and gloom stories from Africa? Check out www.seeafricadifferently.com and www.africagoodnews.com.
updated Apr 21, 2009 via Twitter
"They would only let us get water after everyone else had enough. It was a big problem, and everyone was angry..." http://bit.ly/s7Z0M
updated Apr 21, 2009 via Twitter
AprilApr 16 Thursday 09
WATCHING: Volunteers go to Central America to serve communities by drilling wells, and it's their lives that get changed. http://bit.ly/ysOE
updated Apr 16, 2009 via Twitter
For the first time, Kakkudamon is a real community - http://bit.ly/6Gndi
updated Apr 16, 2009 via Twitter
A Real Community
INDIA - The village of Kakkudamon is a cluster of homes that perch on a rocky hill near the edge of a national forest in the south Indian state of Kerala.
The families who make up these households live here because the land is cheap—they can’t afford to live …
AprilApr 15 Wednesday 09
Max Lucado invites, “Come Thirsty.” [video]
Author and pastor Max Lucado recently spoke at “Come Thirsty”, a benefit for Living Water International in San Antonio Texas. The benefit, held on March 26, was the organization’s first in San Antonio, and drew more than two hundred friends and supporters.
You can …
Fresh from Ghana: "Water, women, and little red worms" - http://bit.ly/VOBG0
updated Apr 15, 2009 via Twitter
AprilApr 13 Monday 09
A Year Later
It’s the dry season in Ghana right now; while the capital city of Accra has seen rain, it’s been dry for quite some time up here in the northern region of Bolga.
This area is approximately two hours north of Tamale, and it’s a journey of extreme contrasts. …
(via LWI News Center)
AprilApr 9 Thursday 09
Lesson in Las Palmas
NICARAGUA – Las Palmas
The school in Las Palmas, by western standards, seems to be an unlikely place to learn much about anything. 120 students crowd into three small classrooms each day. A fourth classroom has been partially washed away by heavy rains. The well where …
AprilApr 6 Monday 09
Every $1 spent on water in a developing community generates $8 in saved time, increased productivity, and reduced health care costs. [UNDP]
updated Apr 6, 2009 via Twitter