Let’s say you show up in Sierra Leone and meet Joseph, a hard-working kid who just graduated high school with high marks. He desperately wants to go to college, but his options are limited. There are no academic scholarships, no student loans. Right now he’s working for $1.50/day, if lucky saving $1/week, so if he…
If you have Arachnophobia—the kind where mentioning spiders may cause you to have a panic attack—you might want to skip this post. So my first night in Sierra Leone, I’m brushing my teeth with bottled water, getting ready for bed. I glance up on the wall and almost had a panic attack of my own. The biggest…
Our friends at Jibu were featured in an article on The Guardian‘s website about the work they are doing in Africa to create entrepreneurship opportunities that will make clean water much more affordable and accessible in Uganda, Rwanda and many other countries. Jibu uses Healing Water’s as its sole provider of water filtration systems, using…
“To educate girls is to reduce poverty.”- Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary-General We couldn’t agree more with Kofi Annan. Yet there are so many factors that can keep a girl in a developing country out of school and trapped in a cycle of poverty. And dirty water happens to be one of the biggest! Girls under the…
Located on Lake George in Western Uganda, the small community of Nyakera has not had the opportunity to reach its full potential, one full of so many rich resources, because of one simple fact: Over 100 Years of No Clean Water. Sustainable Missions Inc. (SMI) and the Nyakera Gospel Center have joined with Healing Waters to help this…
Read about HWI Director of Partnerships Ryan Decker’s “Trinity of Support” in the most recent edition of “The Phoenix.” Click here to read the full article.
Ministering in the developing world, we frequently face challenges surrounding ownership and accountability for the projects we provide. As stewards of God’s resources, can we determine the level of “skin in the game” of a potential ministry partner? Not always. When we can, it’s a true blessing. Lluvias de Gracia Church sits in the heart of…
We can’t emphasize enough the power of Sowing Seeds for Christ. Check this out.
A great darkness has fallen over West Africa. Mainstream media doesn’t hesitate to allude to the depth of that darkness and they aren’t exaggerating in this case. The darkness is vast and deep for our brothers and sisters in that section of our world. To date there have been over 3,000 deaths reported, primarily in…