Golu trudged home, empty-handed. He had left his village that morning, jar in hand, ready to gather water for his family. For more than 20 years, he or his wife had made the long, hot walk to the nearest well. Summers in India are sweltering, with temperatures often...
As he headed to the airport, Noah Hanson gazed out his car window at the town that had become as familiar as the back of his hand — its comforts and familiarity seemed to stand in stark contrast to the unpredictable journey ahead of him. Several months prior, the...
Emeregilda woke to the sun streaming through the cracks in her makeshift home. It was mid-April, and the heat was already unbearable. By noon, the temperature in her arid Guatemalan village would reach over 90 degrees. She stepped outside and peered into the water...
Every day, Muskan picked up a large bucket and carried it for miles to the nearest source of water … a polluted reservoir. When we think of buckets, most of us probably think about our “bucket list” — a running inventory of things we want to accomplish in our...
“I will make rivers flow on barren heights, and springs within the valleys. I will turn the desert into pools of water, and the parched ground into springs.” — Isaiah 41:18 The day Raj’s* life changed forever began just like any other day. He started his morning...