In August, Premier Water funded our next water project with charity: water. Here is what charity: water told us about the region:
“Niger has over three billion cubic meters of drinkable water available underground, but few can afford to build systems to bring it to the surface. Located in the Sahel, one of the harshest contexts in the world, Niger is prone to droughts, floods, political instability, and extremist violence.
Maradi Region, where we partner with World Vision Niger, is home to over 3.8 million people and is the 2nd most populated region in Niger. Many people access their drinking water through unimproved sources, like unprotected open wells. Low sanitation coverage rates in this part of Niger make effective WASH programming is especially important.”
Working with Word Vision Niger, the amount we funded will be used to construct a new well with a hand pump. We should be getting an update on the progress of this project this month, and we are looking forward to sharing that with you.
Premier Water & Energy Technology, Inc. was able to provide some much-needed household items for the Inn Ministry, a non-profit organization that provides a home for pregnant and homeless moms to be. The sheets and pillowcases were greatly appreciated.
Premier Water & Energy Technology, Inc. sponsored a boat in the Fishing for Kids Tournament held by UF Health Shands. The event raised $28481.61 in funds to benefit the pediatric patients at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital. Miracles happen when we work together.
What do you give your boss for Christmas? This is a question we ask ourselves at Premier every year, starting in November. We want to get something he will enjoy but doesn’t just sit around, something that will create a memory and still lets him know how much we appreciate him. This year we decided to donate his Christmas gifts to Dreams Come True. Dreams Come True is a local charity that grants a wish to children who are fighting life-threatening illnesses.
Due to the severe drought in South Africa, the community of Fish Hoek has lost its main water source for drinking water. The pond that was usually full of water had evaporated, and because the ground was so dry, the little rain they did get was immediately soaked into the arid ground. Premier helped fund a project with Living Hope to lay a tarp over the pond that will collect the rainwater before it seeps into the ground. In this picture, you can see a small pool of water that has formed from the last rain. Living Hope seeks to reach people for Christ, bringing hope and breaking the despair of poverty and disease through healthcare, substance abuse recovery, life skills, and economic empowerment.
Our third project we funded for charity: water was completed in Bangladesh in September of 2017. Premier funded a water project that provided a water point and sanitation facilities at the Maheshwaripur Najd Kantaram Memorial United Academy. The 235 students and teachers will now have access to clean and safe drinking water.
Our second project we funded for charity: water was completed in March 2015. A hand-dug well was installed to give the 670 students and teachers of Meshil Elementary School clean and safe drinking water. In recalling a memory, Scott Harrison, CEO of charity water wrote, “A grieving village elder, bursting out in anger and frustration after a well has been drilled in his village. “Do you mean to tell me that clean water was here…beneath our feet…this whole time, and we’ve been breaking our backs, walking for hours to get dirty water from a swamp?’.”
Premier has completed our first project with charity: water. charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing countries. Our first donation funded a hand-dug well for the 250 people of the May Berbere community in Ethiopia. Scott Harrison, CEO of charity: water, has visited the countries that are now benefiting from his efforts. In our completion letter, he told us about some of the people he met in Ethiopia. “An Ethiopian woman weeping with joy as she points towards the heavens and declares, ‘The water, it’s fallen from the sky…’. A Ugandan woman named Helen, who serves on her village’s water committee and now has enough water to bathe herself – she tells us, ‘Now, I am beautiful.’”