Here on this blue planet, there are some people that drink without having thirst, and there are others that eat without having hunger. There are areas where running water going to each home is the norm, and yet there are outcast areas where people exist never quenching their thirst because they have no access to water that is safe and purified. Of all the social and natural catastrophes, the ones that deal with sources of water are the worst because water affects virtually every aspect of life.

Ramon is 76 years old.  He has never had running water at home.  Once a week, a rickety tank truck comes by selling water at a high price.  Sometimes Ramon has to decide between buying bread and water.  He is missing out on life during the daytime, and at night, death comes knocking.  He is ill, and just like all the others sidelined by poverty, he doesn’t know what causes his sickness.  For years he’d walk two miles to a hidden source of water where the poor fill their containers with contaminated water.  The water’s poor quality worsens hunger and aggravates malnutrition.  When Ramon could no longer walk, his elderly wife became the one to make the arduous journey to bring the vital liquid.  Here in Tijuana’s huge neighborhoods of poverty, the women, children, and elderly are often the ones bringing water.
Thanks to the generous help you send, Ramon gets enough gallons of fresh, clean water from our ministry.  Every month we distribute hundreds of gallons of purified water to help the elderly, widows, and children trapped in desperate poverty.  Please don’t forget that we need your prayer and Christian love so that our Humanitarian Programs continue making a difference in many lives.
Fernando Martinez.