Hand pumps for irrigation Often pumped for > 20 hours /day Enough food to last for 4 lean months but also saw how dirty water can kill even when

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1 WATER

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3 Hand pumps for irrigation Often pumped for > 20 hours /day Enough food to last for 4 lean months but also saw how dirty water can kill even when there is enough food

4 Photo credit: Medicalsciencenavigator.com

5 The Hydrologic Cycle sustains life on earth

6 All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again. (Ecclesiastes 1:7) Sonje lapli ki leve mayi ou la. (Haitian proverb) Remember the rain that makes your corn grow

7 Water is essential to life 60% of the human body Need at least 2 litres /p / day Need at least 5 litres / p / day for drinking & cooking 7 days without water is fatal

8 More people die as a result of drinking contaminated water annually than from all forms of violence, including war. Diarrhea and pneumonia minor illnesses in high-income countries are the leading causes of death for children worldwide.

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10 Not Easy for Canadians to Understand the Global Water Crisis, because 20% of world s fresh water in Canada Canada has 45x water/p vs. global ave. N Americans use most water / p / day Average water consumption (p/d): USA & Canada > 300 litres Germany = 120 litres Rural Africa < 20 litres

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13 Global Water Stress

14 Water Statistics 50% of the world s population has water piped to home >$100 Billion spent on bottled water in Billion water bottles used in USA in 2016 Cost of bottled water is 300x that of tap water $15 Billion is cost to reduce by 50% people without access to safe drinking water**

15 Water Challenges in Low Income Countries Issues: adequate supply & pollution (bacteria, viruses & protozoa) Microbial contamination is from human or animal waste in the water supply Contaminated water causes diarrhea / dysentery... dehydration. death

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21 Need for Basic Water Treatment & Sanitation in Low Income Countries > 2,000,000,000 lack access to proper sanitation

22 > 800,000,000 lack access to safe water

23 % of Treat Water that is lost Germany ~ 5% California ~ 10% NA avg. ~ 20% Dhaka ~ 50%

24 Water Infrastructure Challenges in Urban Centres in Low Income Countries >80% of urban poor live beyond-the-pipe.

25 2017 Flooding in Bangladesh ~1/3 of country flooded > 30 M people impacted

26 Extremely high bacteria levels in well water

27 Access to Clean Water is a Fundamental Human Right In 2010, the UN General Assembly affirmed access to clean water and sanitation as a basic human right What difference does this make for those who are most vulnerable?

28 Give Water Give Life

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31 What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8

32 A church that does not provoke any crisis, preach a gospel that does not unsettle, proclaim a word of God that does not get under anyone's skin or a word of God that does not touch the real sin of the society in which it is being proclaimed: what kind of gospel is that? Oscar Romero

33 All his ways are just. Deuteronomy 32:4 In his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress. Job 37:23

34 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Psalm 89:14

35 Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them;

36 and the offerings of well-being of your fatted animals I will not look upon.

37 Take away from me the noise of your songs; I will not listen to the melody of your harps.

38 But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an everflowing stream. Amos 5:22-24

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41 Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised us is faithful.

42 And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds. Hebrews 10:23-24