Written by CAA Alerts on September 08, 2010, 02:02 PM
Friend of Those in Need,Most Americans don't think twice about drinking water -- even from the tap. Water is necessary for the survival of the human race. Something that wasn't even thought of 50 years ago is now making billions of dollars: bottled water. Water is necessary in any kitchen for cooking purposes. And, of course, when we use the bathroom, one needs to have water to flush.
All that sounds pretty boring, but a common occurrence in everyday life for Americans. Right?
Please imagine with me for a moment entire families have NO access to water, except in a polluted river. Many in the world face that every hour.
Especially in Haiti. Even BEFORE the devastating earthquake, Haiti had one of the most deplorable water systems in the world---before the earthquake. Now, it is simply horrific!
It's one thing to see a mother and her children with parched lips from lack of water. That, alone, is a sight one should never experience. BUT, there is something even much worse than that, is seeing children drinking from polluted streams, infected and tainted water wells, knowing that the water they are drinking will cause diarrhea and dysentery - or even worse, death.
Personally, I have held children in my arms that will die due to contaminated water! It is something that I cannot put into words. Until you have experienced this, you cannot understand the tears that I've shed for these dear Haitian children.
The need in Haiti still is extremely great.
Our water pump installed
here will save lives!
MOMS AGAINST HUNGER has helped find and develop a water purification system that is inexpensive and will literally save HUNDREDS OF LIVES---each unit!
This specialized water purification pump can be set up (even to a well) and actually help 19 families every day. This pump provides safe drinking water with a capacity up to 90 gallons per day to any water storage tank or well. Then it is hooked up to any sink faucet. I have used this pump myself, personally, here in Texas---and it is phenomenal.
But think what it can do to help the disease-ravaged children in Haiti! I'm asking you to financially assist us today, to help rid the nation of dysentery and rapidly-spreading disease.
No matter what you give, your gift is absolutely PRICELESS. How do you put a price-tag on the life of a child? You can't. But by supplying non-polluted water to a child, he or she can drink clean water and avoid the diseases that continue to spread across Haiti.
What does a gallon of pure water cost at Wal-Mart? I pay roughly 38 cents when I fill my jugs there. Help me do the math: 90 gallons of water a day at 38 cents for a 3-year cycle would be $37,449. That's right the $665 cost per pump will save over $37,000 over a 3-year period! Yes, that's what your gift will do!
90 gallons of pure water will serve 20 Haitian families with about 4.5 gallons a day to drink and cook with. It will take care of most orphanages, churches, schools and hospitals. OR, 20 families can share water from the same well---disease-free!
Here is a photo of the basic unit that you and I will supply:
90 gallons a day of purified water!
After the cost of the unit, filters, assembling the unit, transporting them to Haiti, and hookup to a water source, etc., the basic cost is only $665...or only $33 per family!
It is portable, convenient, easy to hook up, and easy to use. This cost also includes installation and training to use a way to sample the water to show its daily purity. IT is very reliable and very durable. It can be installed indoors or outdoors. We already have on-the-ground, trusted employees who will make sure these are hooked up directly with the needy families. Our Haitian work is guaranteed that there will be no stealing or pilferage of the units, once it arrives in Haiti. That's a good thing! You see, we've been working diligently in Haiti years before this earthquake.
Maybe you can save an entire family right now, only by giving a donation of $33!
You can literally save many lives by helping to provide our MOMS AGAINST HUNGER Water Purification Pump. Once the pump reaches Haiti, within hours it will be helping many families...to help rid the nation of dysentery and disease.
We estimate with full capacity usage for 20 families, this pump will last at least 3 years before we must fix it or replace it.
Your donation of $19 will save the children of one family for at least three years.
Your donation of $33 will save one entire family from diseases.
Your $66 gift will save two families from diseases.
Maybe you feel a tug on your heart strings and could possibly give $665 for one entire water purification pump that will rid 20 families of disease!
Please do as you feel led. It's not about our organization. Or me, or even the Haitian earthquake tragedy, it's all about saving ONE CHILD from disease and dysentery ---one child at a time. Please give generously, even securely right now!
Will you help save a Haitian child?
Please. Please. Please help rid this forgotten nation of the disease that is like a gigantic plague. The water must be purified. We must provide these pumps right away.
I really don't know anywhere else where you could give that will actually, literally save many lives through your generosity.
The time to act is now. The "tent cities" are a breeding ground for disease. Clean water is essential. Think about your day-to-day water situation, and please respond in an expedient way. Thank you.
With compassion for those children
who will die without clean water,
Dr. Gayla Holley poses with
a needy Haitian mother.
Dr. Gayla Holley
P.S. Please, don't ever take your water for granted! I know we live in economically-challenging times, but you have the very direct POWER within you to save an entire Haitian family's life, just by your gift of providing non-polluted water!