Hi all, this is for those of you who might be looking for something to support. So if you feel so lead, this is a great project that would greatly increase the lives of some of the women living here in a part of town I get to go to every week and a part of town where my professors have been living, the part of town is called Nueva Suyapa.
In Nueva Suyapa, water only comes through the faucet about once every 7 to 10 days. If you're very poor, you don't usually have anywhere to store that water, so on the day the water comes you fill up every container you have--barrels, buckets and in what is usually the only option for the very poorest--scores of 2 liter Coke bottles you've stored up. Most poor women dream of having a real pila--a cement water tank with a washing board attached that lets you store water to do your wash, take a bath, do the dishes and clean your home. But pilas cost about $200 to build, and when you're making less than $100 a month, it might as well be $2,000. Pilas improve women's lives in so many ways. They make storing water feasible so they don't have to drag their clothes down to the dirty river to wash them, it allows them to bathe their children and themselves regularly and to keep their homes and dishes cleaner which improves health. Pilas are a great investment in the lives of these hard-working women who have so few luxuries in their lives.
We currently have about $1,400 together, which leaves about $1,400 to raise. (Each pila costs about $200 and there are 14 women waiting to receive one).
We've decided to meet with the 14 women and the guy who's going to build them next Thursday to get started building. I'm pretty excited about that and a little nervous since we don't want to let any of the women down.
So, anything you can give will be fabulous and put to immediate good use!! You can send a check earmarked PILA PROJECT to:
Stewardship of Christian Ministries
10310 E. Jewell Ave #54
Denver, CO 80247
Thanks guys for being interested in helping these women. They definitely deserve it!
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