Water for the Unreached
Clean and living water are essential for life...
Yet 696 million people still lack basic access to water. More than 80% of those in need of clean water live in rural communities where access to the gospel is limited and Christian ministry is often met with opposition.
Clean Water Advances the Gospel
Today, less than 1% of all Christian giving goes toward reaching these unreached people groups. Our work is focused exclusively within the 10/40 Window — the largest concentration of unreached people groups worldwide. This is why we exist — to bring clean and living water to the unreached.
“With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.” — Isaiah 12:3
An estimated 3.2 billion people don't have access to the gospel
Clean Water Changes Lives
The Impact of Clean Water
Clean water saves lives.
Unsafe water is one of the deadliest threats in the world — quietly claiming more lives each year than war and violence. An estimated 1.4 million people die every year from causes linked to unsafe water, sanitation, and hygiene.
The toll on children is especially heartbreaking. More than 1,000 children under the age of five die every day from diarrheal diseases caused by unsafe drinking water, poor sanitation, and a lack of hand hygiene — diseases that are almost entirely preventable.
Part of the problem is that clean water makes basic health possible. When water is scarce or far away, families are forced to make impossible choices. As the World Health Organization puts it, "where water is not readily available, people may decide handwashing is not a priority" — and disease spreads as a result.
Access to clean water changes this. It means fewer illnesses, fewer funerals, and a real chance for children to grow up healthy.
Sources
World Health Organization, Sanitation fact sheet (2024) — 1.4 million WASH-related deaths per year; 395,000 preventable child deaths annually. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/sanitation
World Health Organization, Drinking-water fact sheet (2023) — handwashing and disease. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/drinking-water
How do we solve the water crisis?
We work with our local partners to find the best and most sustainable solutions in each country. These solutions range from improving water quality through household water filters, to boring deep wells, to tapping mountain springs and using gravity to pipe water to an entire community.
Promote sanitation
When clean water starts flowing, the benefits are immediate, especially for women and children.
Teach good hygiene practices
Our partners promote the value of using latrines and safe hand washing behaviors to rural communities.
Form local water committees
It is vital that the community can access their own repair fund and contact a local contractor to repair the water point when needed.
Take Action
Change someone's story today.
Every $50 donation serves one unreached person with clean and living water.