Water!!!!!

 Most of us don't give a second thought to our water supply - when we turn on the faucet, we know that clean water will come out. How often we leave the water running while brushing our teeth or take long showers or fill the tub for a bath!  Such luxury!!!!

In many parts of Africa, water is neither plentiful nor clean. Waterborne illnesses like typhoid, parasites, and worms are the result, causing much disease and even death.

Mango, the town where the Hospital of Hope is located, is fortunate to have a "city water" supply. This comes from a nearby river and is filtered by the city. When it reaches HOH, it is refiltered for maximum safety. Unfortunately, the city supply can be inadequate at times. Missionaries who live off of the compound have been without water for the past three weeks. Multiple past efforts to dig an adequate well on the base have been unsuccessful. Recently, the hospital has had to go to "plan B" which involves hauling water from the nearby river in large cisterns 5 times a day, filtering it, and pumping it up to the water tower which is on the base. Then, the water reaches our taps by gravity.

This truck and 2500 gallon tank make 5 trips daily to a nearby
river to get water. Each trip takes a little over an hour!

Water from the tanks is filtered, transferred to a
holding tank, and then pumped up into the water 
tower. Amazingly, gravity passively delivers it to 
our water taps!