We think very little about opening a faucet and getting drinking water. We bathe, wash our cars and water the lawn but this only happens in about 1/4 of the world. Half of the world can get water from a faucet but cannot drink it. 1/4 of the world has to struggle to even find dirty water which is hard to get and is very limited in quantity.
After watering the animals they fill a 6 gallon container and carry it home for the young animals and the family. It is boiled into tea (collected from growing tips of bushes) and served at meal time. The morning the meal is tea only, no lunch and a small meal in the evening. One serving for us will feed five there and there is generally only one item to eat.
You can make a marked difference!
Your donation could provide gardens, food, time and better health for each family of the village.
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Peter Thomas, one of the founding members of givemaji.com (maji means water in Swahili) was born in Kendu Bay, Kenya, the third generation of their family to serve in Kenya, and have a deep love, passion, and understanding of the needs and the Kenyan people. Peter, a real-estate developer in Texas, has committed to building the lives of others through education, drilling wells, personal sacrifice and service. Peter's Kenyan DNA uniquely qualifies him with the skills and abilities to help his fellow men, women, and kids. Mr, Thomas serves on the Executive Committee of Maranatha Volunteers International, one of the leading charities in the United States.
I was born into a second generation, British family who were missionaries in Central and Southern Africa. Emigrated to the US for college and later returned to administer an American boarding high school in Kenya. During my time there, I got heavily involved in developing programs to help the most needy with food, water and education. I have organized and or participated in well over 35 humanitarian trips to mainly the Caribbean, Central America and Africa. Now retired my focus is mainly in North Kenya where the need for drinking water is acute.
This site is linked to an organization (Maranatha Volunteers International) that will apply 100% of your donation to the well drilling. Regular updates will be posted and there will be a link to follow the drilling.
