Hope Springs Water
Branch began a partnership with Hope Springs Water about a year ago. Hope Springs is a water bottle company that gives 100% of it’s profits to bringing clean water to 3rd world Countries around the world. It was started by a member of their home church- actually the doctor who delivered the Jones’ 2nd child and also the Pattersons 2nd child.
Hope Springs Water acknowledges that approximately 1.2 billion people in the world have NO access to pure drinking water, and that as many as 5 million people residing in developing countries die every year of water-related illnesses. Most of these deaths occur in the most vulnerable among us-children. In fact, a child dies, somewhere in the world, every 20 seconds of a water-bourne disease. The purpose of Hope Springs Water is to partner with communities in developing countries around the world to help provide sources of pure drinking water. This will primarily involve drilling water wells for communities without access to acceptable water sources. At times, it may also involve: helping provide water purification systems for existing water supplies, water distribution systems, assisting with sanitation systems, and ongoing public health education for the affiliated communities.
This will be facilitated by our close association with benevolent non-profit organizations located in the United States, Africa, and Central America, who share our vision. We believe that those of us who are fortunate enough to live in countries with universal access to safe sources of drinking water need to say in unison that in the twenty first century, no one on planet earth should be in a position of either having no access to water or else only access to contaminated sources of water. No parent, anywhere, should have to 
watch their child die because they have no access to pure drinking water.We invite everyone to join us in this effort. Drink Hope Springs Water. Contribute to the cause. We believe that, together, we can make a difference
“The Hole in Our Gospel:What does God Expect of Us?” – Richard Stearn
Sbutu, a 19 year old mother of two (Mgame and Tempte) in Bantu,Ethiopia , spends most of her day walking back and forth to a water source to obtain water for her family. She makes the trip, a 30 minute walk each way, carrying 5 gallons of water on each trip. She manages to squeeze in 5 to 6 trips daily, accounting for 5 to 6 hours of her day-every day-in order to provide 25 to 30 gallons of water for her family daily. The average American uses 350 gallons of water every day. The World Health Organization estimates that approximately 200 million man-hours of labor are wasted everyday by people walking back and forth to a water source to obtain water for their survival. Often the water sources that mothers like Sbutu visit contain contaminated water, and they have to make a terrible choice. They must choose whether to watch their children die of thirst, or they must give their children tainted water, and risk watching them die of a water borne illness. The question we must ask ourselves is this, “What kind of a choice is that for a parent to have to make?” Yet, millions of parents do just that, every day. Hope Springs Water intends to positively impact that fact. With your help, by drinking Hope Springs Water when you drink bottled water, or by making a tax deductible donation to our worthy cause, we can, indeed, collectively make a difference for these parents.
- U.S. and Europe: 2 out of 1000
- Africa: 165 out of 1000
- Sierra Leone: 282 out of 1000 (the worst infant mortality rate in the world)
Malnutrition is responsible for about half of those deaths, and unsafe drinking water runs a close second as a cause for childhood death.It is estimated that as many as one-half of the world’s hospital beds are occupied by people with a water-related illness.
- The average American family uses about 300 gallons of water a day.
300 Gallons = 2000 pounds = 1 ton = 50 trips to a water source - 30 Gallons = 250 pounds = 5 trips to a water source = 10 hours of labor if source is 2 hours away
The constant traveling and carrying water devastates the productivity of people in areas lacking access to water.
Women and children in developing countries invest 200 million hours a day fetching water. That’s equal to a full-time work force of 25 million people fetching water for 8 hours a day , 7 days a week.
These hours could be spent by the adults earning an income or making a contribution to the family. The children, who could spend these same hours in school are, instead, spending their time hauling water. Many children are also unable to attend school because they are chronically sick from their exposure to impure water.
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Hi Branch ppl,
I heard yall play at the FCA Coaches Enrichment weekend. I want to donate to the Hope Water Ministry, but dont see a place online to do that. Could you email me and tell me where to send my donation? Thanks,
Judy Melson
Hey Judy- thanks so much for the follow up… You can actually donate on their website. Below is the link. If you have any other questions please let me know. Also on their website- you should check out their UGANDA blog! They just got back. It’s been awesome
http://hopespringswater.org/products/purchase