Unique Christmas Gift Idea -
How You Can Easily Make an Enormous Difference
Would you like to do something this Christmas that fills you with good feelings? And may even cause you to receive more blessings later on? Are you sick of giving, and getting, a lot of stuff that you and others don't need and have nowhere to store? If so, please read on.
The newspapers are happy to report whenever a plane with a few dozen people crashes. But did you know that 6,000 children die EVERY DAY, needlessly, from drinking filthy, muddy water?
Did you know that millions of women have to walk an average of 6 miles a day carrying 20 kilos (44 pounds)?
Did you know that shortage of food is not the big problem facing the truly poor? It's not having clean water and sanitation.
Did you know that Wateraid, a UK charity now in the USA and Australia, gives clean water close at hand to one person FOR LIFE for just US$25.00????
Clean water close at hand is the most important thing to get people out of extreme poverty. With clean water, the children stop being sick and can go to school. The water can be used to grow food.
Think of how much you love to give a child a toy. Feel how awful those women feel not ever being able to give their child something as simple as a clean glass of water, without dirt and manure in it.
One billion people don't have clean water. Two billion people don't have a basic toilet so they get sick continually and often die from contamination around their house.
This Christmas, think about doing something that makes you feel REALLY GOOD because you have really, really improved someone's life beyond measure. Even $2.00 will help. Volunteers are also wanted.
Please visit and give to www.wateraid.org.
Case History: http://www.wateraid.org/international/about_us/oasis/autumnwinter_06/4884.asp
Film: "Walking for Water - How far would you go? http://www.wateraid.org/international/about_us/newsroom/5010.asp
© Stephanie Relfe 2006
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