An estimated 200,000 farmers in India have taken their own lives since 1997, according to government statistics.

Photojournalist Michael McElroy met Tekam’s father while he was covering the issue in 2010. He says it became clear that there was a link between the high suicide rate and the country’s water crisis.

View the Photos and Read more at Deadly water crisis grips India – CNN Photos – CNN.com Blogs.

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And every day, nearly 3,000 children under five die from diarrhoeal disease caused by unsafe drinking water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene.

They are among the poorest and most vulnerable children in the world, deprived of nearly all their needs, and denied their right to reach their full potential.

These harsh markers of such elemental inequity should spur us on to do even more. Now is the time — with success on clean water in sight, and failure on sanitation an unsettling prospect — to redouble our efforts.

We must use the momentum of this milestone to focus greater effort and investment on reaching the most disadvantaged children, their families, and their communities. This is a moral imperative, and a practical one, too.

more at Steven M. Hilton: Water And Our World. – Huffington Post

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How your church can help give water to communities in India. Pastor Toby Slough from Cross Timbers Church shares in this video about Triple Seven.

$4,800 provides one well for a village community
$777 provides water for 100 people
$388 provides water for 50 people
$194 provides water for 25 people
$39 provides water for 5 people
$7.77 can save one life by providing clean water for one person 

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Imagine what it would look like if all the water connections in your town were turned off, never to be turned on again. What would you do?

Now imagine that those connections never existed in the first place. The only water available was dirty ponds or streams and that water was killing the children in your town at an alarming rate.

In India, “Largely for lack of clean water, 2.1 million children under the age of 5 die each year.” – New York Times (September, 2006). That means that 5,754 children are dying every day. What if they were your kids? What would you do if you knew there was a solution that could save a life for as little as $7.77?

When you look at the picture above, do you see happy, healthy children or survivors?  This small group of children are survivors. A recent article in TIME states that one in thirteen Indian children dies before they reach 5 years of age.

There is perhaps no greater need in India than the need for safe, clean water. People have been asking 
for help and together we can do something about it.

The solution is simple, water wells equal healthier living children.  A water well can transform a community.

There are fewer infant deaths. Girls get time for school. Valuable resources in poor communities become available to address other problems like malnutrition, obtaining healthcare, education and security.

The average cost of a water well is $4,800. An average water well serves around 650 people. That means: For every $7.77 anyone gives, 1 person gains access to safe water.

Nowhere will your $7.77 make a bigger difference in individual lives. Everyone can do SOMETHING.

What impact does your resources allow you to have in the kingdom? Some of us can transform communities. Some can transform families. Some can afford to save one child’s life. The only requirement is participation.

Will you consider today what you can do?

$4,800 provides one well for a village community
$777 provides water for 100 people
$388 provides water for 50 people
$194 provides water for 25 people
$39 provides water for 5 people
$7.77 can save one life by providing clean water for one person 

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The lack of safe, clean water affects everyone. Drought and increased agricultural demand for water is steering India towards a crisis, especially in communities that are dependent on contaminated surface water or unreliable groundwater from shallow wells.

You can participate in this life saving outreach in the following ways:
$4,800 provides one well for a village community
$777 provides water for 100 people
$388 provides water for 50 people
$194 provides water for 25 people
$39 provides water for 5 people
$7.77 can save one life by providing clean water for one person
… for the next 30 years!

“When the poor and needy search for water and there is none, and their tongues are parched from thirst, then I, the Lord, will answer them.” -Isaiah 41:17 (New Living Translation)

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SOS has provided over 500 wells to date in India. While the average cost of a well is $4,800, The water crisis in India is so severe that every personal donation counts.  We designed 777 to make it easy and simple for you to give one person water every month.

To help you spread the word this year, would you consider embedding a picture in your email signature or on your blog?

Google apps allows you to attach an image to your email signature and add a link.  If you have a blog you know what to do with the following:

The address for this image is: http://www.sowerofseeds.org/mail/sticker_savealife.jpg

The link is http://www.777water.org

Help save lives!

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via Tracking Hunger | A nutrition crisis amid prosperity – Economy and Politics – livemint.com.

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“Almost 50 per cent of children below the age of 5 are malnourished in India. Malnutrition stunts physical, mental and cognitive growth and makes children more susceptible to respiratory and diarrhoeal illnesses. The children who do manage to survive the ravages of malnutrition have lifetime disabilities, weakened immune systems and are intellectually disabled.

A silent epidemic quietly unfolds everyday across villages and towns in India. Close to two million children below the age of five die annually in India mainly from preventable causes: that is, thousands of children dying every single month of diseases that are easily treatable and even preventable. Malnutrition is the underlying cause in over 50 per cent of the deaths.”

via IBNLive : Ananthapriya Subramanian’s Blog : India’s malnutrition crisis.

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India’s Growth Held Back by Overpopulation | PBS NewsHour | Oct. 19, 2011 | PBS.

“Most of the newcomers are migrants unable to sustain a living in the vast countryside. In Delhi, the struggle to earn a livelihood is compounded — and interrupted — by the lack of easy access to life’s most basic need: water.”

Read more here…

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Come celebrate the end of summer at the newest addition to Hawaiian Falls Waterparks and help give people in India access to safe, clean water.  Buy your specially priced tickets from us and half of your ticket price will help fund water wells for communities in India.  

Pricing:
Discounted Fundraiser Ticket – $20 per person (Regular Price $23.99) or $15 for kids under 6 (Regular Price $16.99) –  Half of your ticket price goes to water well projects in India!

Print your confirmation email and present it at the SOS booth to pick up your tickets on the 18th.

Tickets grant access to the water park for the entire day Thursday, August 18, 2011 as well as the exclusive afterparty after everyone leaves the park! 6-8:30 PM, featuring DJ Kam.

Bring your own food and drinks. No alcohol permitted. See Hawaiian Falls site for restrictions.

Contact us or phone Chase for more info: 817-898-0262

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