Niger - neverthirst

Niger

Niger ranks 189 out of 193 countries in the UN’s Human Development Index.¹ It is located in Africa’s Sahel region and stands today as one of the most spiritually needy areas of the world. Within the Sahel, our strategic focus countries include Chad and Niger, home to 107 unreached people groups representing more than 33 million people.² More than 20 million people in rural Chad and Niger lack access to clean water.

NIGER BY THE NUMBERS

27.2

million

population of Niger

12.8

million

people in rural Niger lack access to clean water within a 30-minute collection trip.³

19.8

million

people in rural Niger lack access to adequate sanitation facilities.

27.6

million

people in Niger are unreached by the gospel.⁴

Niger

The Crisis

Our program targets the highly water-stressed region in rural Niger. The greatest challenges in the region include:

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Fund a Project in

Niger

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 Project

$5,000

Your $5,000 donation will combine with others to fully fund a Community Tap Stand or a School WASH Project in Niger.

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Community Tap Stand

$25,000

As part of a larger community water system, your gift completes a single community tap stand connected to a central water storage tower. A solar-powered pump distributes water from the central tower to multiple tap stands across an entire village (including schools and health centers). (serves 500 people)

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School WASH Project

$25,000

Provide an entire school with improved access to drinking water through the installation of a community-scale slow sand filter that treats water, making it safe to drink. All students and teachers also receive training in the importance of hygiene and sanitation to encourage behavior change. (serves 100 - 200 students)

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OUR MISSION IN NIGER

Serving the Unreached

The Sahel region represents a large component of the western third of the 10/40 Window — one of the most spiritually needy areas of the world.⁶ In both Chad and Niger the Christian Church is in the extreme minority. Christians are often persecuted for their faith. Local churches are marginalized and 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 Chad and Niger provide evangelism training and support local pastors with evangelistic resources. Local believers are also empowered to lead evangelistic activities in their own communities.

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CLEAN & LIVING WATER IN NIGER

Our Plan

With your help, more than 210,000 people will be served with access to clean and living water in our two target regions Chad and Niger by the end of 2028. You can make it possible to see:

520

communities gain access to clean drinking water through mechanized boreholes and piped water systems connected to community tap stands

110

tap stands constructed in schools and connected to completed systems

Local

communities trained to operate and maintain water points

pastors, evangelists, and local believers mobilized to participate in WASH programs as an access point to share the gospel with unreached communities