West Plains, MO. – A local non-profit group is looking to make life-changing water access easier for rural villages in Pakistan. The Nehemiah Trust Pakistan Water Hand Pump Project is seeking to raise $90,000 to place 150 water hand pumps in villages across the nation of Pakistan. Access to clean water is a major cause of health issues and deaths in the country.
According to information from the project, impure water causes 40% of deaths in Pakistan annually. Around 62% of Pakistan’s urban and 84% of its rural population do not treat their water, resulting in over 100 million cases of diarrheal diseases registered in hospitals, with 40% of deaths attributed to drinking polluted water. A survey estimates that each year nearly 53,000 Pakistani children die of bacterial diarrhea from contaminated water.
Every $600 donated allows the Nehemiah Trust Pakistan to place a water hand pump in a village that will serve 80 to 100 people. To donate, visit West Plains Bank and Trust and inquire about about the Nehemiah Trust Pakistan benefit account. Learn more about the program at www.nehemiahteam.com or contact Anthony Priest at 417-293-5954
