APicADay4Water

“Then the King will say to those on the right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home… ‘I assure you, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’”

An overwhelming burden has been placed on my heart these past few weeks and months for the orphans of this world, and more specifically, the orphans of Africa. Reagan and I are in the prcoess of praying about how God would have us be involved in taking care of his children. The first of hopefully many things we will be doing to help, starts today. APicADay4Water campaign is NOW OPEN!!

What is APicADay4Water? Well, it is a clean water campaign that Reagan and I just created through an amazing organization called charity:water. charity:water is a non-profit organzition that uses 100% of funds raised from water projects like APicADay4Water to provide clean and safe drinking water to those that are dying without it. In many parts of the world, women and children spend hours a day fetching water from dirty rivers and ponds. They return home with water contaminated with parasites and bacteria. They give this water to their family knowing it will probably make them sick, but what other option do they have? Time taken by these women and children to fetch dirty water is also time away from going to school or working at a job that will allow them to provide for their family.

Did you know, that 1 billion people are without clean drinking water? Or that today alone, 4,500 children will die from water related diseases?

Providing clean water is one way to help children stay with their biological families. Our goal is to raise $5,000 by the end of 2012 to fund water projects in the Rulindo District of Rwanda. Up to 70% of people in this district spend hours a day fetching water from contaminated sources. 100% of money raised will go to creating piped systems that help protect natural water sources and deliver water to these communities.

You can make a difference. Together, we can save lives and give children a future with their mommies and daddies. Please consider donating to APicADay4Water TODAY!!

And because everyone loves pictures, I will post APicADay until this campaign is complete in return for your generous donations.

Thank you in advance for your generosity and love for the people and children of this world who are in need of a miracle.

Pic #1...of course no one can kick off this campaign quite like this adorable guy...