Water Becoming Scarce in Some Areas

This entry is cross-posted at the VeNture Nicaragua Missions Blog.

I saw this article today and it reminded me of the need for water worldwide — and just how urgent the need is for people to get out and help solve the world’s biggest crisis.

As other Nicaragua team members have said before, and as Living Water reports, there are 1.1 billion people in the world without access to clean water and an average of 14,000 people die each day from preventable water-related diseases.

As the article above reports, the Christian group Tearfund estimates that by 2050 there will be 200 million more people living in drought-stricken areas. The problem is preventable, however, as Tearfund stated that in many places, simply constructing dykes and better drainage prevents these areas from losing water. Someone just has to do something about it!

So that’s why we’re going to Nicaragua - to do something about this water crisis. As we’re studying the body of Christ’s role in helping the needy, it’s interesting to see how technology applied in the right ways can go a long way in helping people. It can be a well in Hato Grande #2, a dike in Niger or a drainage ditch in India. We are called to use our technological abilities to care for God’s creation. Hey, even this blog can be a tool!