A 2014 survey of the world’s 500 largest cities estimates that one in four are in “water stress.” In fact, right now, there are 11 major cities on the Blue Planet that are most likely to run out of drinking water—exactly like Cape Town.
Consequently, because of its looming water emergency, the thriving city of Cape Town has become the poster city for what, if the necessary correctives are not applied, will be water-scarcity crises duplicated in other large cities worldwide.
The people who are most affected by water stresses are most often the ones who can solve the problem.
Melting glacier ice accounts for 30 percent of the water in the rivers.
This is particularly significant because those provinces provide 38 percent of the country’s agriculture.
That is 6,822 sources of clean, fresh drinking water.
Now, the Jesus Well project is one of the largest clean water initiatives in the world.
Jesus Wells are maintained in good repair by GFA-supported local pastors.
Still, more than 150 million people in South Asia alone have either no immediate access to clean water or drink from polluted sources.
===== Give Towards Clean Water Projects You can provide life-saving water to people in Asia suffering from the global clean water crisis through Jesus Wells and BioSand water filters, and help support ongoing maintenance of these clean water projects.