The Haiti Water Project is a simple concept: Create sustainable water resources that empower local churches in Haiti to meet the needs around them.
Here are 4 simple ways you can get involved:
Learn.
Find out more about the needs in Haiti and how you can get involved. Start with the Haiti Water Project site at www.caribnaz.org, and then do some research on your own.
Talk.
Raise awareness about the need for clean water in Haiti and the ways we can all get involved. Talk about it with people you know.
Join the Haiti Water Project cause on Facebook, and invite your friends. Spread the word about the need and the simple ways we can help meet that need.
Teach others through your words and actions about how they can get involved in God’s call for action in our world —and specifically in Haiti.
Act.
The estimated cost to dig a well is $2,000 -$5,000. Individuals can donate part (or all) of the cost a well, or groups can go in together to donate the cost of an entire well. And since the Haiti Water Project is ultimately more about people than water, here’s another way to do the math: On average, it costs about $1 to provide clean water for one person for one year.
Come up with creative ways people can give.
• Example: Give Up Your Bottles. In the U.S. we spent $15 billion (yes, billion) on bottled water last year. That’s enough money to supply clean water for all of the 1.1 billion people in the world who don’t have access to safe water. Give the money you would normally spend on bottled water in a month to the Haiti Water Project so people in Haiti can have clean water.
• Example: Host a benefit [fill in the blank]. Showcase your talents (and/or those of your friends) and use the proceeds to partner with HWP. Make it a concert or writer’s night or photography exhibit or …
• Example: Organize a fundraiser to help raise money for wells in Haiti. If you’re into running, you could do something like a community-wide 5K race. If you’re a creative designer type, you could sell T-shirts you design. The possibilities are as limitless as your imagination.
Pray.
Pray for the people in Haiti. Pray for children. Pray for families. Pray for churches. Pray that God would provide resources for the churches in Haiti to meet the needs around them.
