Clean Water Program Water Wells in Africa and Afghanistan, Water Tanks in Gaza, Haiti Water Purification and Iraq water Treatment and Sanitation According to UNICEF, 884 million people in the world do not have access to safe water. This is about one out of eight people in the world.   The World Health Organization estimates that 1.4 million children die every year as a result of diseases caused by unclean water and poor sanitation. This amounts to around 4,000 deaths a day or one every 20 seconds. Access to clean water helps people take the first essential step out of the cycle of poverty and disease. It also contributes to a significant increase in life expectancy. In an effort to make water more accessible to people in the developing world, Life for Relief and Development is working toward providing access to clean water for millions of people in Afghanistan, Iraq, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Somalia, Ethiopia, Gaza and the Palestinian Territories. Over the past year Life has dug and is in the process of digging 40 water wells in Africa and Afghanistan and has purchased and installed 520 water holding tanks in the homes of Palestinian families living in Gaza and the West Bank.   Water Tanks in West Bank and Gaza Water is a basic need and a right, but for many Palestinians obtaining even poor-quality, subsistence-level quantities of water has become an unaffordable luxury. In the West Bank and Gaza, Life is providing large water storage tanks to families who do not have secure access to clean water. After the water tank is installed a 4 month supply of water is given to each recipient family.   View Photo Album   Read More >> Print Flyer See more Gaza Projects   Latest Videos     Sharjah Charity Int'l - Water Tank Distribution in Gaza   Life for Relief Water Tanks Campaign in Gaza   Back to Life's Current Projects   Water Wells in Palestine, West Africa, Sierra Leone, Ghana, the Horn of Africa and Afghanistan In an effort to provide clean water to Palestinian people Life recently started digging deep and shallow water wells  in Gaza. Life  is also digging wells in the Horn of Africa where residents and animal herds will have access to clean drinking water. Life is also digging water wells to provide clean water to villages and rural areas in Afghanistan. Hand dug water wells are shallow wells 15 - 20 meters deep and deep wells are dug with a drill going over a hundred meters below the surface, then a concrete like tube shape with open ends on both sides will be inserted into the hole. Then a concrete base of 1.5 meters above the surface is built. A hand pump will be installed at the middle of the concrete base to pull water to the surface which is the point of water distribution for public use.       Videos Life completes digging of 14 water wells in Sierra Leone Life's Saud Water Well in Afghanistan Life's Water well Project in Afghanistan Zenab Oadah Water Wells Project in Africa Back to Life's Current Projects   Haiti Water Purification On January 12, 2010 a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti leaving the country totally devastated and most of the city of Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas were totally collapsed. This disaster left many people displaced, homeless and left many children orphaned. Since the earthquake struck there is limited access to clean water for the general population. Life Haiti is working to provide water filtration units that can be installed in public buildings, such as schools, orphanages, Mosques, churches and camps so people can have access to clean water.   View Photo Albums Album 1             Album 2             Album 3             Album 4               Read More >>   Back to Life's Current Projects   Iraq Water Sanitation Project Many water treatment plants, water networks and sanitation systems throughout Iraq are non-functioning or dilapidated beyond repair. Life has successfully completed the renovation and rehabilitation of seven water treatment plants in Missan, Iraq and has built and constructed one new water treatment facility in partnership with UNICEF. Life also repaired the sewage system in Hai-Al-Jawadeen, Baghdad. Life Iraq is working to provide clean water for the people of Iraq by installing water filtration units in schools, clinics and hospitals and distributing water purification tablets to Iraqi families.   View Photo Album See more Iraq Projects   Back to Life's Current Projects

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Life digs a second water well in Gaza In December 2012, Life Gaza implemented a project to dig a borehole water well in western Alsoarhh region in the central Province, west Zawaida in the Gaza strip. Life installs a new water filtration unit in an Iraqi school Life recently installed a large water filtration unit in the Yaqout Hamawi School, in Diyala. The unit is type Ro+uv300G (stag 9) with a capacity of 150 liters per hour Life Digs its First Deep Well in Gaza Life for Relief and Development dug its first deep-borehole water well at the Abu Daoud Mosque in the Al-Nusyrat village in Gaza to serve many families in the area Life distributes aid to orphans and digs two water wells in Afghanistan Life for Relief and Development's office in Kabul Afghanistan distributed food aid to orphans that are enrolled in Life's orphan sponsorship program. Life digs ten water more wells in Somalia Life has received funding to dig 53 water wells in Somalia, from this project 8 wells were recently dug in Hiran, Somalia. Life digs six water wells in Somalia Life funded a project to dig six water wells in Somalia. The severe famine that was declared last July in six regions of Somalia has left many communities without water for drinking, farming, or livestock Life to Dig 51 More Water Wells in Africa and Afghanistan "Providing clean drinking water for local communities in Africa and Afghanistan aims first and foremost at saving lives from dehydration and thirst, but also goes further towards preventing water-borne diseases. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we are able to make a difference in the part of the world that desperately needs clean drinking water." Donors Establish 3 Water Wells in Afghanistan The new wells mean that families will no longer need to travel long distances with mules in order to retrieve water from other wells. The new source of water will also help small farmer and herders, and is expected to provide an economic boost to the area. 7 New Water Wells in Somalia & Ethiopia - 2011 . 2 Water Wells Dug in Rural Ethiopia . Orphanage and Community Centers Being Built in Sierra Leone Life has redoubled its commitment to the people of Sierra Leone through the adoption of a number of new projects in the country this year. Hundreds of Palestinian Families Receive Water Tanks Life launched an appeal asking donors to support a project to provide needy Palestinian families with water storage tanks approximately 300 families in the Gaza Strip have received water storage tanks

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