Thirst Relief partners with Life and Water Development Group--
Thirst Relief is LWDG's main, dependable partner as its founder Peter Njodzeka implements water, sanitation, and hygiene projects on a monthly basis and manages a staff of technicians and assistants. A couple months back, the growth in his monthly activities enabled him to move his family into a larger combined apartment/office space. It is a much better living space for his family, especially his young son who had been getting sick because of the unsanitary conditions around their previous apartment.
Now, the economy is drastically impacting Thirst Relief's finances, and we aren't able to continue supporting the same level of work with Peter and our other partners. In fact, we are having to shut some projects down entirely as our normal flow of funding has slowed. And Peter has been relying on this project funding to feed and house his family, not to mention pay his employees. Without funding, we won't be able to continue a new project aimed at providing safe water, latrines, and hygiene education to young school children in Kumbo province.
If you think of it, please send your thoughts and prayers toward Thirst Relief and LWDG and if you count yourself among the lucky people with a job, would you consider giving a gift to our projects? Whatever we raise will go straight to supporting them.
I have to say I've never worked in an economy like this. Each day brings its bad news, but what is hardest is knowing that our world's most vulnerable people--children, the poor, widows, orphans--and those who dedicate their lives to serving them are absorbing the real impact of this crisis. The ones who can least afford it in the first place.
