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Some Photos from HCC's WATER Projects completed in 2009
THAILAND	The villagers in Mae Kon (pictured above and below) worked side by side to lay PVC pipes to transport water from a mountain stream. The stream is at a higher elevation and water flows by gravity to the village.

NICARAGUA	Marcus Pearson and villagers in several Miskitu tribal communities worked together to provide new pumps in existing wells and to dig wells in areas where none existed.

WHAT WE CAN DO IN 2010!

Love Well. Give Wells. Harvester is partnering with three countries to provide clean water and will again be working with HCC-supported missionaries in each country. Following is a description of what we hope to accomplish this year -- with your help.

Drop your donation in the weekend offering. Make checks payable to Harvester Christian Church, with CLEAN WATER in the memo line! We'll collect through December!

NICARAGUA ... MARCUS and ANN PEARSON, missionaries

From Marcus Pearson:

We will choose two from the following four communities to drill new water wells in the Prinzapolka district: Tungla, Dos Amigos, Galilea and Tubarus. All four are about 350 people and all currently must rely on contaminated river water to drink much of the year. The selection will be based on the community’s willingness to organize to care for the well and pump once they are in place. Cost is $1800 per site.

We will provide well renewal/pump replacements in two sites: San Benito and Cristo Rey. Both are shantytowns with no access to a municipal water supply. We are currently working with both communities to establish preschools, dispensaries, and churches, so a water project fits in well with other activities already in progress. Both sites have old wells that need to be cleaned and supplied with new pumps to provide water. Each reactivated well will benefit 1500 people. Cost is $1000 per site.

Cost $5600

INDONESIA ... GIDEON and MEI TANBUNAAN, missionaries

From Gideon Tanbunaan:

Asia Pacific Missions International has three churches that need wells and pumps. Each costs about $700.
• The Surya Indah Church, led by Agus Gozali (church planter supported by Harvester) in Sorek, Riau, Sumatra
• The Teluk Nipah Church on Nipah island, East Riau islands, Sumatra;
• Talolang Church, Sereh village, Talaud islands, North Sulawesi, south of the Philippines.

Cost $2,100

THAILAND ... JONI and NANGSAR MORSE, missionaries

From Joni Morse:

Moriah is a new village we are establishing at a site nearby the Santisuk Bible Training Center in the Chiang Dao district. There are presently about 20 families in the village. The new village is beautifully located on a low ridge line that offers a panoramic view of the surrounding countryside. We have been negotiating for the water rights of a small mountain spring located at a distance of some four kilometers away up in the hills. The water is crystal clear and everybody says it's the best tasting water they have ever tasted!

Recently a new headman was elected in the nearby Thai community downstream from Moriah who was favorable to the villagers’ request for the water rights. We quickly did a feasibility test using a hodgepodge of old leaky PVC pipes dug up from old water lines from other villages and managed to get water flowing to the site. All this was hastily done to have a system in place before the Thai village reneged on their decision to give us the water rights. The new Thai headman was under a lot of pressure from some people in his village to back down from his promise.

Now that this trial run has proven to be successful, we need to move ahead quickly and put in place a quality water line for this village.

Cost $8,000

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