Fountains of Hope International

Fountains of Hope will build up the Body of Christ, in the local church, by providing safe, radical, life changing mission trips and servant opportunities. We purpose to develop enduring relationships between the affected site and the local church. FOH mission trips for adults and college age students will target four areas:

  • Provide teaching and integration of water solutions, especially for the poorest and most marginalized people in third world countries
  • Collaborate with the medical community by providing water purification and health and hygiene education to third world countries and disaster sites
  • Install safe water in schools and orphanages in third world countries
  • Develop short term disaster relief teams (including water purification, well drilling and health and hygiene education teams) to address disaster solutions wherever God calls us.

Global Water Crisis

Contaminated water is the #1 cause of death in developing countries. It is responsible for life threatening diseases such as cholera, typhoid, dysentery, hepatitis and giardia.

Approximately 1.1 billion people in the world do not have access to safe water. – WHO-WSSCC, 2008

"Over half of all schools worldwide lack safe water and sanitation, jeopardizing the health and education of millions of school children. Most of the 115 million children currently out of school are girls. Many are denied their place in the classroom by lack of access to decent toilets at school, or the daily chore of walking miles to collect water."
– UNICEF, 2005