John Stanko: They Need Water

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The pandemic has caused difficulties the world over and our partners in Kenya are no exception. One of our partners is an orphanage of 72 (18 are high school age, the rest live in a group home led by our brother and friend, Pastor David Koech). I received this email from Rev. Koech this morning:

Hi Brother Stanko,

We thank God for we have started well with all our 54 kids reporting back. We were a bit worried especially for the teenage girls who had gone home [the orphanage sent as many children as they could back to their village with even distant relatives during the holiday break; now school has begun again].

Our current water situation is dire. During dry times and over corona time, we used a lot of money hiring motor bikes to bring water to support our work, but still our water source is not very clean water. Kiromwok High School (Pastor Amos' church) drilled a water well and we have talked with them. They are willing to give us free water. The easiest way is use of motor bike since the school is 3 kms away (2 miles). This is clean water and it will be easy to hire a young man at 200 shillings/per day [$2 per day) instead of paying 20 shillings per 20 liter. A new bike is khs 120,000 [$1,200]. The same bike will assist us to transport our tea harvest at a later time. That's our current prayer need in order to serve clean water to the orphanage and the school especially during this corona time when a lot of water is needed.

God bless you.

Rev. Koech

This process of transporting the water will be an all day every day event but is vital for the health and well-being of the children and their caregivers. Will you help me help the children have access to fresh water by helping purchase the motorcycle they need (yes, the picture here is an actual one from Kenya, which shows how important any transport is, especially in rural areas)? Please give a special gift today using Paypal on my website, the Cash App ($stankojohn), Venmo@John-Stanko-10, or my mobile app (designate Bomet Motorcycle). Of course, you can also send a check to PurposeQuest, PO Box 8882, Pittsburgh, PA 15221-0882. Thank you for your help in getting much-needed water to much-needy children.

Posted at 09:54 AM in Kenya, Sophia Fund | Permalink | Comments (0)