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Ethiopia

Ethiopia ranks 175 out of 193 countries in the UN’s Human Development Index.1 Over 57 million people in rural Ethiopia don’t have access to clean water2 and more than 31 million remain unreached by the gospel.3

ETHIOPIA BY THE NUMBERS
123
million
national population of Ethiopia
57
million
rural people lack access to clean water within a 30-minute collection trip
90
million
rural people lack access to adequate sanitation facilities
31
million
While Christianity is the largest religion at 59% of the population, there are more than 31 million people representing 34 people groups unreached by the gospel
Ethiopia

The Crisis

Our program targets three districts located in southern Ethiopia. There the greatest challenges include:
Inadequate Access
Because the groundwater table is too deep for traditional hand pumps, there are fewer reliable sources of water, and women and children end up walking long distances to wait in line with others.
Collection Time
In the dry season, women and children can spend 4-6 a day collecting water.
Disease
Each year, more than 25,000 children under five in Ethiopia die due to diarrhea.4 Lack of clean drinking water leads to an increase in preventable diseases such as cholera, typhoid fever, dysentery, and other illnesses that can have serious health effects on children who lack access to medical care.

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Fund a Project in

Ethiopia

Serve an entire community or school with clean and living water. Projects range in cost depending on the region, project type, and amount of people served.

Co-Fund a Tap Stand Extension
$10,000
Provide an additional tap stand to a previously completed water system. Where there is increased demand, public or household connections are constructed to increase access to previously completed piped water systems.
CO-FUND THIS PROJECT
Tap Stand Extension
$20,000
Provide an additional tap stand to a previously completed water system. Where there is increased demand, public or household connections are constructed to increase access to previously completed piped water systems.
FUND THIS PROJECT
Community Hand Pump
$20,000
Where there is adequate groundwater near the surface, provide a new water source to a community through the drilling of a borehole and installation of a hand pump to provide water in a central location. (serves 300 - 500 people)

FULLY FUNDED FOR 2025
Mechanized Borehole
$25,000
Provide a new water source to a community through the drilling of a deeper borehole equipped with a submersible pump that delivers water to a central tap stand with multiple collection taps.
(serves 500 - 800 people)

FULLY FUNDED FOR 2025
Co-Fund a Community Tap Stand
$10,000
As part of a larger system, provide a community tap stand connected directly to piped water. New boreholes are drilled (or existing boreholes rehabilitated) and equipped with a submersible pump powered by solar panels. A central reservoir tank is constructed followed by installation of underground pipelines to carry water to community tap stands. (serves 500 - 800 people per tap stand)
CO-FUND THIS PROJECT
Community Tap Stand
$40,000
As part of a larger system, provide a community tap stand connected directly to piped water. New boreholes are drilled (or existing boreholes rehabilitated) and equipped with a submersible pump powered by solar panels. A central reservoir tank is constructed followed by installation of underground pipelines to carry water to community tap stands. (serves 500 - 800 people per tap stand)
FUND THIS PROJECT
Co-Fund a School WASH Project
$20,000
As part of a larger system, provide a school tap stand connected directly to piped water. New boreholes are drilled to 1,000+ feet (or existing boreholes rehabilitated) and equipped with a submersible pump powered by solar panels. A 50,000 liter central reservoir tank is constructed followed by installation of 4-6 miles of underground pipelines to carry water to a tap stand providing drinking water to all students. The project also includes sanitation and hygiene training as well as construction of toilets when needed.
(serves 300 - 800 students)
CO-FUND THIS PROJECT
School WASH Project
$80,000
As part of a larger system, provide a school tap stand connected directly to piped water. New boreholes are drilled to 1,000+ feet (or existing boreholes rehabilitated) and equipped with a submersible pump powered by solar panels. A 50,000 liter central reservoir tank is constructed followed by installation of 4-6 miles of underground pipelines to carry water to a tap stand providing drinking water to all students. The project also includes sanitation and hygiene training as well as construction of toilets when needed.
(serves 300 - 800 students)
FUND THIS PROJECT
Co-Fund a Tap Stand (Large Scale)
$20,000
As part of a larger system, provide a community tap stand connected directly to piped water. New boreholes are drilled to 1,000+ feet, (or existing boreholes rehabilitated) and equipped with a submersible pump powered by solar panels. A 50,000 liter central reservoir tank is constructed followed by installation of 4-6 miles of underground pipelines to carry water to as many as 10 community tap stands. (serves 1,000 - 1,500 people per tap stand)
CO-FUND THIS PROJECT
Tap Stand (Large Scale)
$80,000
As part of a larger system, provide a community tap stand connected directly to piped water. New boreholes are drilled to 1,000+ feet, (or existing boreholes rehabilitated) and equipped with a submersible pump powered by solar panels. A 50,000 liter central reservoir tank is constructed followed by installation of 4-6 miles of underground pipelines to carry water to as many as 10 community tap stands. (serves 1,000 - 1,500 people per tap stand)
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OUR MISSION IN ETHIOPIA

Serving the Unreached

In Oromia and Central Ethiopia regions, the Christian Church is the extreme minority. Christians are often persecuted for their faith. Local churches are marginalized and often neglected by the wider community.

Our local partners invite pastors and churches to participate in providing clean water, helping them build credibility, trust, and meaningful relationships. We’ve seen attitudes change toward the Christian community and doors open for faith conversations.

Our programs in Ethiopia provide evangelism training and resources to support local pastors as they plant home groups among the unreached.

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CLEAN & LIVING WATER IN ETHIOPIA

Our Plan

With your help, more than 200,000 rural people will be served with access to clean and living water in communities and schools in three districts by the end of 2028. You can make it possible to see:

230

communities gain access to clean drinking water through hand pumps, mechanized boreholes, and piped water systems connected to community tap stands, including in schools

Local

communities trained to operate and maintain water points

500+

community leaders trained in hygiene and sanitation promotion

100

pastors, evangelists, and local believers mobilized to participate in WASH programs as an access point to share the gospel with unreached communities
SOURCES:
1 https://hdr.undp.org/data-center/country-insights#/ranks
2 Definition: If the trip to collect from an improved water source takes 30 minutes or less, it is classified as a basic drinking water service. If water collection from an improved source exceeds 30 minutes it is categorized as a limited service.
3 https://joshuaproject.net/countries/CB
4 https://www.unicef.org/ethiopia/every-child-clean-water
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