Why OnMission?

 

There are many water charities working to bring clean water to poor rural communities who desperately need it. There are many education charities and hunger relief charities. So how is OnMission different? The biggest difference is our commitment. Sadly, there are hundreds of abandoned and dilapidated wells in East Africa where we work because there is no ongoing relationship or maintenance of the water projects. When a pump fails, the well is often dismantled and the metals and other material are salvaged. This leaves people no choice but to return to the same polluted ponds, streams and lakes to draw the same polluted water the original project proposed to save them from.

 

OnMission's Water, Educate, and Lunch for Learning (WELL) program provides a persistent presence in our communities. We remain involved by farming the land, maintaining the wells and teaching new agricultural techniques. When there is water, land and teaching, there is nutrition and hope and so there is the potential for a better life. We are on mission – we are in relationship – we are involved. This is the OnMission commitment.

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