Water Project
However one billion people still lack access to safe water and over 2.5 billion lack access to adequate sanitation. There is a clear correlation between access to safe water and economic development. It is estimated that by 2025 more than half of the world's population will be facing water-based vulnerability. The 2009 report Charting Our Water Future suggests that by 2030 water demand will exceed supply by 50% within many in developing regions of the world. Tomorrow's wars will be fought over water.
OSMTH is doing it's part in three key ways
- by providing water wells in India and Pakistan, where water access is an issue. The cost to bore one well is €300, which will supply one village with safe drinking water, and lighten the burden of women and children whose task has been to carry water containers over kilometres several times per day. In the near future you will be able to directly donate to this project;
- awareness raising - through such means as this website, workshops, and word-of-mouth;
- facilitation - through the deployment of Subject Matter Experts.
Water is already a major issue. And in this you are a vital key." Interested in more information:
Why Water?
http://www.charitywater.org/whywater/
Parting the Waters
BY DON BELT, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC (APRIL 2010)
A source of conflict between Israel and its neighbors for decades, the Jordan River is now depleted by drought, pollution, and overuse. Could the fight to save it forge a path toward peace? Read more
Waters, Security, and Cooperation
Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
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Water is Key: Former legal eagle focuses on world water issues
ANNA REEVES AND SANDRA PAYNE, (IT) MAGAZINE (26 APRIL 2011)
Passion and purpose intersected in the dusty roads of West Africa for this former District Attorney. Now a world class photographer, he’s working to get you involved in the solutions to a worldwide issue. Read more
The world doesn't need to go thirsty
With world population expected to grow by 2 billion people by mid-century, supplies of clean water could be tight. But a new study suggests the key is not just how much water is available but how intelligently humanity uses it.
By Ben Osborn, Global Envision (19 October 2011)
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Cheap drip irrigation could transform small farms
Peter Frykman founded Driptech to provide low-cost drip-irrigation systems to small farmers, hiking their crop yields by 20 to 90 percent.
By Vallabh Rao, Dowser.org (20 October 2011)
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- Vision & Mission
- Approach
OSMTH’s raison d’etre is expressed through the Brussels Declaration: “Aiding humanity on the pilgrimage through life.”
Vision and Commitment
- Christian Ethos, Spirituality and Chivalric Values.
- Domestic Charity and International Humanitarian Aid
- Human Rights and the respect for Human Diversity
- Interfaith Dialogue and Bridge-Building
- Provide humanitarian aid to Christians and all peoples in need around the world, through physical, financial, and moral support.
- Continue programmes that aid Christians around the world, especially in the Holy Land.
- Promote a dialogue based on the principles of peace and justice amongst and between the faiths of the Sons of Abraham and the other great religions of the world, to establish better understanding and greater tolerance.
- Mitigate human suffering by actively participating in activities associated with disaster relief, humanitarian aid, human rights, peace building and sustainable development, and the respect of human diversity.
- Facilitate, mediate and advocate conflict-prevention and resolution by providing subject matter experts and supporting organizations in the fields of religious and international diplomacy.
"Non nobis, Domine, non nobis,
sed nomini Tuo da gloriam..."
