Sierra Leone Mission Trip
June 14th - July 7th, 2011
"God is truely Amazing!"- Jenna Wethington, Team Member
Our team of 7took off for West Africa on June 14th, aiming to install at least 15 BioSand Hydraid Water filters throughout the Southern and Western regions of Sierra Leone. The team was headed up by Sierra Leonian Pastors Thomas Beckley and Justin Marva in-country, We had initially planned our trip for 30 days in country, however, as we approached our 3rd week,we took an inventory of all the work we had completed. To our amazement we had already installed 29 filters, as well as trained more people in maintaining each filter, and trained several young pastors to install filters after we left, giving them the opportunity to extend their ministries into more remote regions. After spending time in prayer, we decided that with our overwhelmingly successful 23 days in Sierra, we would return home a week earlier than planned.
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Mission Trip Details:
CWP purchased 60 HydrAid BioSand Water Filters in December 2010. In the beinning of 2011 the U.S. Navy delivered them to the port of Freetown (Project Hand Clasp) where they were then transported to an orphanage in the village of Bo, to await our team's arrival.
Our team of 7 spent 23 days in the beautiful country of Sierra Leone doing a variety of projects such as installing 29 filters, training two groups of Sierra Leoneon Lay Pastors for future maintenance and installations, VBS programs with children in each village,a sanitation project in the village of Mattru, and research for future building, medical and agricultural projects.
The team visited a total of 11 villages or towns, several of them quite remote...
Bo Town-
Jonathan's House Orphanage (2 filters)Child Rescue Center (2 filters)
United Brethren in Christ Church (UBC) Primary School in Bo (2 filters)
Soba Wan Market (2 filters)
Mattru -
Hospital (3 filters)
Nursing School (1 filter)
District Health Clinic (1 filter)
J.P. Amara's Home (1 filter)
Red Cross Office (1 filter)
Madam Jeneba's Guest House (1 filter)
Semabu- (3 filters)
Blaama-(1 filter)
Segwema-(1 filter)
Gambia-(2 filters)
Luawa-(2 filters)
(Villages accross the Jong River:)
Ngedema(1 filter)
Kabati (1 filter)
Mokaba(1 filter)
Wulai(1 filter)
Thank you to all who made this trip possible. We are grateful for your support and encourgement. Please continue your prayers.
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Every day millions of people in the world suffer due to contaminated drinking water, malnutrition and disease. Children are the most susceptible... often resulting in death or permanent damage.
HydrAid Bio Sand
Water Filter System
Each filter costs about $125 (icluding shipping, transport and installation) and will clean contaminated drinking water for a group of 15-20 people for atleast 10 years.
Donate to sponsor a water filter for
Sierra Leone, West Africa.
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"Like cool water to a weary soul are good tidings from a distant land."
Proverb 25:25
