2010 Offering
We are youth workers. So even though we plan the big event we are always looking past it asking the questions you ask. What lasting impact did that have on my kids? What momentum or collective group consciousness do we now have about Jesus and His kingdom that is propelling this ministry forward? This is one reason we look for partners at our events that go beyond the event. Like you, we want to urge kids to think about their faith having an impact on the decisions they make. There are local ways in which jr. high kids can live out their faith. We will talk about those in main sessions and throughout the weekend at believe.
Believe will show a video on Friday night introducing kids to the Believe experience station. The Believe experience station is a tactile exhibit where learning and exploring is encouraged during the many break times at Believe. Take time to hang out here and talk with your kids about the difference the Kingdom can make for millions of people who don’t have water to drink.
Main session three will have a longer education time where we will invite kids to give at the offering time. The funds collected from the whole tour will go to continue the ministry of Christ In Youth and our special Kingdom Worker partner. Jr. High Believe will join all other CIY programs as we launch an extensive partnership with Active Water and Blood Water Mission. CIY Productions will premier a new documentary on the water crisis summer of 2010.
Christ in Youth is committed to amplifying the call in a student’s life to becoming kingdom workers. Our prayer is that the 50,000 teenagers attending CIY programs this season will be compelled to live out their faith locally and globally. We will be specifically asking kids on the Believe Tour to help raise money to purchase Hydraid units. These water cleaning units will then be delivered on future CIY overseas trips.
We are excited about what God can do through jr. high kids who live out their faith. Below is educational water crisis information and a detailed explanation of the Hydraid solution.
Unsafe water affects millions
Unsafe water affects more people worldwide than AIDS and cancer combined. At least 4 million people worldwide die each year from drinking unsafe water. So many diseases are tragically taking lives around the world every day, but this is one epidemic that can be solved. And now it has.
Unsafe drinking water, along with poor sanitation and hygiene, combine to contribute to an estimated four billion cases of diarrhea disease annually, causing more than 1.5 million deaths, mostly among children under five years of age. (WHO 2005)
Contaminated drinking water is also a major source of [malnutrition], hepatitis, typhoid and opportunistic infections that attack the immune-compromised, especially persons living with HIV/AIDS.
Why Hydraid?
The patented HydrAid Safe Water System is founded on the proven BioSand Water Filter technology that has been installed, tested, and used throughout the world for over a decade. It takes proven technology and perfects it.
HydrAid Safe Water is more than just a BioSand Water Filter. HydrAid is a System that reliably replicates an effective solution. The System includes technology, research, installation, education, maintenance, quality assurance and support through a global network of partners.
The HydrAid Water Filter encloses multiple layers of sand, gravel and a biological surface layer consumes pathogens to clean the water. The water is poured into the top of the HydrAid filter as needed, first through a diffuser and the biological layer, then down through layers of sand and gravel. As the water collects at the base of the filter, the water flows by gravity out of the filter through plastic piping attached at the unit’s exterior. The HydrAid filter can meet all of a family’s water needs including drinking, bathing and washing.
Previously used BioSand Water Filter designs have used manual concrete construction techniques that resulted in a heavy 300-pound end product that was difficult to transport, inconsistent in quality, and incompatible to scale for market needs. In contrast, International Aid’s plastic HydrAid filter weighs just 3.6kg (8 pounds), is easily transported in large quantities, and is inexpensive and scalable.
