Dear Beautiful friends!
Tue. Nov. 1st I will join my very good friend Jason Lester
who will begin a 306 mile run across Death Valley in an
effort to raise funds for Operation Blessing's Clean Water program. This
is a cause that I am passionate about and I know that many of you are
as well. I am sure that you have heard the facts before: Every 20
seconds a child dies either of thirst or a water-borne disease. One
billion people on this planet lack access to safe, clean water. The
devastation is staggering. The cost in human lives, each life so unique
and precious, is unfathomable. The tragedy and wrongness of it cannot
fail to stir the hearts of those who seek justice, love mercy and
earnestly desire to be a part in making this world a better place for
future generations.
In 2008 I was the first person to run the 306 miles that Jason will follow the same foot steps! How wonderful for me to be the lead crew chief and help Jason accomplish the same dream I dreamed about!
Many of you know that I run for a purpose and that purpose is for orphaned children!
Many of you made very kind donations while I was running 50 miles in all 50 states, Running Hope Through America..a great deal of the funds raised have gone to continue feeding children all over the World, building a school in Ethiopia and India.
Jasons 306 miles will help raise money for Operation Blessing's Clean Water program but the best news of all is the money raised will complete a water treatment plant at our mission in India!
Can you imagine drinking dark brown water full of who knows what?
The next time you take a drink of water think about how fortunate you are, how blessed we are.
Over the past several months Jason and our team have been very focused on
raising awareness and funding for Operation Blessing's Clean Water
program. Won't your join us!!!!
Official Website: www.H2OPE2011.com
Did you know...
* More than 1 billion people worldwide do not have access to safe water. Three
times that number lack access to proper sanitation.
* 3.575 million people die each year because of water-related disease
* The water and sanitation crisis claims more lives than any war through guns
* People living in slums pay 5 to 10 times more per liter of water than wealthy people
* An American taking a 5 minute shower uses more water than a typical person in a developing country use in a whole day
* Diarrhea remains the 2nd leading cause of death among children under five
globally. Nearly 1 in 5 deaths is due to diarrhea. It kills more young
children than aids, malaria and measles combined.
* Every 20 seconds a child dies from a water related disease
* About 80% of sewage in developing countries is discharge untreated
* Less than 1% of the world's fresh water is readily accessible for direct human use
* Average American uses 100 gallons of water per day
* Average African uses 12 gallons per day
* More than half of the all wells delivered by aid fail and fewer than 7% are well maintained
* Only 62% of the world's population has access to improved sanitation -
defined as a sanitation facility that ensures hygienic separation of
human excreta from human contact.
* In just one day, more than 200 million hours of women's time is consumed
for the most basic of human needs - collecting water for domestic use.
This lost productivity is greater than the combined number of hours
worked in a week by employees at Wal*Mart, United Parcel Service,
McDonald's, IBM, Target, and Kroger
* Children in poor environments often carry 1,000 parasitic worms in their bodies at any time.
* In the developing world, 24,000 children under the age of five die every
day from preventable causes like diarrhea contracted from unclean water.
