Susan’s story reflects the reality faced by thousands of families in rural communities throughout Eastern Zambia who are forced to collect water from polluted rivers, stagnant puddles, and hand-dug open wells.
God’s love, transforming deepest need into thriving joy
LIVING WATER
Provide Safe Water to 15 villages in Zambia
The reality of living with unsafe water
Susan, a mother of seven in Eastern Zambia, remembers collecting water from a shallow, unprotected source shared with animals insects, and harmful germs.
“The water was visibly contaminated… but it was our only option.”
Her children suffered from stomach disease and skin infections. They frequently arrived late to school — or missed altogether. She lost sleep worrying about finding water before the source became too crowded.
This is the reality across these 15 communities:
96%
households spend many hours collecting water each day
76%
of school-aged children help fetch water for their families
3 Miles
each way is the daily journey for many families seeking water
77%
report recent gastrointestinal illness from unsafe water
A New Legacy
This is why your action matters now.
You are answering Christ's call
You make safe water and renewed hope possible
Right now, 15 rural communities are waiting.
Without safe water, children drink from polluted streams.
Mothers walk miles each day carrying heavy buckets.
Preventable disease spreads.
Hope feels distant.
Your gift today can bring safe water, restored dignity, and the hope of Christ to families who are praying for change.
What your gift does
Through Cross International’s Living Water impact initiative, your generosity provides:
- A new community hand-pump well with concrete basins
- 12 months of Gospel-centered water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) training
- Native-language Bibles for pastors and church leaders
- Ongoing partnership with local Christian leadership
By June 30, 2026, these 15 new water systems are projected to:
Reduce waterborne disease by 80%
Ensure 80% of
1,173
households demonstrate improved hygiene practices
Strengthen faith in more than 8,000
children and adults
Impact Giving Options
Fifteen Communities Are Waiting. Will You Help Today?
- $19,728 provides TWO complete community water systems
- $16,083 sends native-language Bibles to pastors and leaders across all 15 communities
- $9,864 builds ONE life-changing water system
- $4,135 equips TWO villages with Gospel-centered WASH training
Every gift — of any amount — helps rush safe water and renewed hope to Eastern Zambia.
Why it lasts
You Build Local Solutions
From the very beginning, community members are trained to maintain their own water systems.
Each village participates in monthly training to:
- Learn proper hygiene practices
- Protect stored water from contamination
- Oversee well maintenance and repairs
- Train others in their community
- Experience the love of Christ — the true Living Water
This is not temporary relief.
This is sustainable, Gospel-centered transformation.
Faith & Hope
“Through the provision of safe water, I experienced Christ’s love for me. My faith, and that of my household, has grown.”
When safe water flows:
- Children return to school
- Disease declines
- Churches gather in unity
- Faith deepens
What You Do Next Matters
For 25 years, Cross International has helped faithful believers turn compassion into life-changing action.
Today, 15 communities are still waiting.
Will you answer Christ’s call and rush safe water to families in Eastern Zambia?
"Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them."
— John 7:38
Your generous gift will be used to support the Cross International project(s) indicated through June 30, 2026, the close of our ministry’s fiscal year. In the event that more funds are raised than needed to fully fund the initiative, the excess funds, if any, will be used to meet the most urgent needs of the ministry and may be used in the following fiscal year.
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