HELP BRING RELIEF TO HAITI AND KNOW WHERE YOUR MONEY IS GOING AND WHAT IT IS BEING USED FOR: The information at the bottom of this page is from the website Survial Topics.com There is much more information concerning water and the human body. We are made up of about 68% water. Not only is it necessary to sustain the body itself, but also is necessary for vital body functions. On the island of Hispaniola, in the best of times, there is a need for clean water. There are many people living in an ecosystem that does not readily have clean water available. Snow White and I are friends with a couple who sold everything they owned to move their family to the Dominican Republic to do mission work with the goal of digging water wells so that small, impoverished communities in isolated parts of the country could have a permanent, reliable source of clean water. Literally, they gave up their own comfortable lives in the United States to bring hope and the basics of life to those in need. I don’t know many people who would make such a self sacrifice.

Lindsey Tichenor helps care for their three small children and manage the activies of her husband Bowin who is out in the field daily using his knowledge, sweat and hopefully not too much blood to not only develop the wells, but also to train the people of the villages to operate and maintain the equipment. When they left last summer, little did they know that they would find themselves on the edge of the biggest disaster in the world for 2010. They live about 60 miles from Port Au Prince and when the earthquake struck at 4:53 pm on January 12, 2010 it shook the ground but they had little in the way of effects. Very quickly though, word spread of the devastation in Haiti. Without hesitating, Bowin and his team from the Edge Outreach organization went diretly to the epicenter, not knowing of the dangers in their path or what they would find. The Louisville Courier Journal has been following their efforts.

Edge Outreach has gone into relief mode for Haiti and you can too. Lindsey does not know when Bowin will return as he is one who tends to get the job done. Edge Outreach is efforting to dig at least 100 wells in Haiti to bring clean, life-sustaining water to thousands of Haitians. The devasted area will need new sources for clean water for months to come. The work is difficult and laborious. Digging that many wells will take time, but they will perservere until everyone in the country can have access to clean water, one way or another. There must be a long term solution for basic needs before the government and global community can rebuild a new Haiti. Not only will it take time, but also funding to provide those wells.

There are many relief efforts going on with numerous organizations in need of funding for their particular effort. Edge Outreach did not ask me to solicit funds for them. I just think its the least I can do to try to help our friends, Lindsey and Bowin, as they do the work on the ground. They are in country and are on the ground as we speak. They just need to be adequately supplied with equipment and supplies to bring the precious water to so many in need. If you would like to give direct aid to Edge Outreach that will use the funds to buy the materials for the wells. These wells are not a bandaid, its real long term help. But time is short. These people need water now and will need it tomorrow. Shipping water in is only feasible for a limited time. The best solution is to help the people of Haiti help themselves. Edge Outreach and people like Bowin and Lindsey are there, they just need some help from home.

If you feel as if you would like to help the people of Haiti and know exactly where your money is going and for what reason, just go to the Edge Outreach website and follow the instructions to make a tax deductable donation.To make a donation and find out more, CLICK HERE. Edge Outreach accepts many major credit cards.”All funds raised in response to the Haiti earthquake will be used immediately to provide clean water for children and families affected by this crisis. Any funds raised in excess will be stewarded by EDGE OUTREACH for additional and future disaster relief efforts.”

Importance of Adequate Water: When faced with a survival situation, clean drinkable water is often the most important consideration. People have survived without food for weeks or even months, but go without water for even just one day and the survivor will be in desperate straights indeed.

Knowing that water is by far the most important nutrient for the human body (besides oxygen) and, in particular, during a survival situation when finding potable water may not be easy, the question becomes – just how long can the human body survive without adequate water?

To maintain a high level of health and efficiency even in ideal environments, a minimum of two quarts of clean water per day per person is the generally accepted rule of thumb. In very hot or cold or very dry environments, or if you are physically active, two quarts of water a day may not be enough to sustain life over a period of days or weeks.