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Registration is CLOSED! What Does That Mean?

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Registration is now CLOSED for Crowdsourcing Kids! What does that mean? It means a couple of things:

  1. All of our elephant boxes to fund our FIFTH Crowdsourcing Kids well in India have been snatched up! That’s great news! It means that when everyone sells their elephants and submits the funds to Water of Life, our fifth well will be fully funded and we’ll be able to drill another well to completely change the lives of an entire village. Want to see the last well we drilled? Check this out!
  2. Since all of our elephant boxes have been claimed for our fifth well, we are now asking new friends to sign up for the waiting list. That way we can notify you when a fresh batch of elephant boxes becomes available. We anticipate the next round launching around World Water Day 2020.

Meet Our Newest Crowdsourcing Kids

We are having so much fun seeing photos of our elephant salesmen and saleswomen from our fifth class of Crowdsourcing Kids! They’re doing a great job sharing the story of Water of Life, while learning about the water crisis.

Crowdsourcing Kids Caleb Joshua and Samuel

These three world changers are Caleb, 5, Joshua, 4, and Samuel, 1. They sold elephants door-to-door on a drizzly Friday afternoon. We love what mom Jennifer had to say about the experience, “What a blessing it is to teach them what it means to love others and what that looks like in action. They understand that not everyone in this world has access to fresh water like we do. We’ve had conversations about slavery and the freedom that these elephants represent. And they are walking away from this experience with the understanding that even though they are young, they can still make a difference in this world.” 

Thank you boys, and thank you to all of the kids who are making our fifth Crowdsourcing Kids well possible. We can’t wait to show you photos and video from India!

 

 

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Crowdsourcing Kids Gives Clean Water to Entire Village

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Crowdsourcing Kids launched on World Water Day 2018. In less than a year elephant sales  have helped fund four well-drilling projects, bringing clean water to thousands of people! Last fall the children that sold elephants made it possible for Water of Life to drill a well in the village of Gorrepadu. This is a life-changing gift for the 1506 people that call this village home.

the gift of Clean water

Village receives clean water thanks to Crowdsourcing Kids

People in this village in India now have access to clean drinking water thanks to Crowdsourcing Kids. This well was completely funded because 50 kids sold boxes of handmade elephants! This was an answer to prayer for the people here who struggle to secure work because they’re often focused on finding water. This is a life changing gift for them!

Drinking clean water from th enew well

Taking a drink of clean water from the new well.

The plaque installed at the base of the new well says “This bore well is dedicated to Jesus Christ.” It also shares a Bible verse, John 4:14, “But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst.”

Plaque hanging at new well

Plaque hanging at new well

On World Water Day 2019 we will be launching another round of Crowdsourcing Kids. This is a chance for 50 more kids to be part of funding a well-drilling project in India. If you would like to get your child involved, you can purchase a box of elephants on March 22. On World Water Day we will launch the next round of Crowdsourcing Kids. Sign up to be on the waiting list now!

Village residents enjoying new well

Village residents enjoying new well

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They Drilled It! Introducing Our First #CrowdsourcingKids Well in India!

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Thanks to the combined efforts of 50 kids, the first #CrowdsourcingKids well has been drilled in India, providing fresh drinking water to 414 people in the village of Bangarumetta. According to our partners on the ground, this village used to rely on a tank that collected water from the hills, but for the past several years that water has not even lasted two months out of the year. That means the rest of the time villagers had to go to water sources far away to collect water, a job that often fell on school-aged children.

The Pastor for this village visited every Friday to lead services and share the Gospel. The well arrived, presented as a gift from Jesus, which only serves to strengthen the faith of the people there. Pastor Praveen created this thank you message especially for the children who sold elephants, funding this well-drilling project.

Want to get involved with helping to drill our second well in India? Right now there are boxes of elephants available. It’s a fundraising-kit-in-a-box that includes everything your child needs to raise money for our ministry partner Water of Life. When all the elephants from these 50 boxes are sold, we’ll be able to drill our second #CrowdsourcingKids well!

AlisonThey Drilled It! Introducing Our First #CrowdsourcingKids Well in India!
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