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What is the Africa Project?

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(click on above photo to view The Journey - our complete expedition blog)

The Africa Project started out as an expedition up the east coast of Africa from South Africa to Egypt.  The focus of Leg 1 of the project (which was completed from February to May 2010) was three-fold:  to educate communities about water sanitation and waterborne diseases, to establish a network of churches which are trained in disaster preparedness and response, and to distribute personal, portable, point-of-source water purifiers in areas which require short-term solutions to outbreaks of waterborne diseases.  

Along the way, we discovered a large number of potential water projects which were in need of assistance – both financially and physically.  Without diminishing our three-fold focus from the first leg, we are therefore endeavoring to focus Leg 2 of the expedition (tentatively from January to May 2011) primarily on finding and identifying needs for water projects in rural southern and eastern Africa.

Are you interested in getting involved??  We need your help to make these water projects a reality!  Check out the profiles we have on our current water projects and contact us to be a part!

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