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The pastoral nomadic people of northern Kenya live a very hard and impoverished life. In this desert area, people struggle to acquire fresh, clean drinking water. Every day in this region of the world, people are forced to drink contaminated and unsafe water. These waters are contaminated with parasites and cholera bacteria. The Maasites are forced to drink the same water as |
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the animals. Desperate people do desperate things. The pastoral nomadic people of northern Kenya live a very hard and impoverished life. In this desert area, people struggle to acquire fresh, clean drinking water. Every day in this region of the world, people are forced to drink contaminated and unsafe water. These waters are contaminated with parasites and cholera bacteria. The Maasites are forced to drink the same water as the animals. Desperate people do desperate things. Northern Kenya is surrounded by Somalia, Ethiopia, northern Uganda, Sudan and Tanzania. The northern part of Kenya suffered another drought in 2006. Michael Lolwerikoi is a Ph.D. student at Asbury seminary in Wilmore, KY, and he comes from northern Kenya. Michael's family was walking eight or nine miles to get a drink of water, and the Maasi women were carrying twenty liter cans full of contaminated water on their backs to their homes. Also, his family's village had lost many of their livestock because there was no water for the animals during the drought. The herdsman and the shepherd boys had been forced to walk approximately fifty miles to find a small amount of water for their animals. Many of these animals would die on the journey. It is a hard life to be without drinking water. The Holy Spirit touched our lives as we listened to the stories of Michael Lolwerikoi. First, we were moved to pray for our brothers and sisters in Africa. Next, we felt compassion to help his family's village with gifts of livestock. Our friends and partners helped us purchase goats, sheep, and cows for the indigenous pastoral nomadic people of Northern Kenya. Michael's family and village were overwhelmed at our kindness, and we were overwhelmed with their gratitude. They even named a cow in honor of my wife! The drought of 2006 is over, but the water needs are not over. Thanks to UMVIM, our ministry made a commitment to help place a water well in Michael's village. Lives are being significantly enriched by a bored water well in the village. The fresh clean water from this water well is supplying water for about five thousand men, women and children. It has been used by local schools in other areas during the dry season as a water source. Our ministry will soon be placing five more water wells in Northern Kenya. We are hoping to reach 50,000 men, women and children with fresh, clean water and the Gospel of Jesus Christ. |
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