Misión Para Cristo

Sustainable living, part of Misión Para Cristo, works with communities in the Jinotega region of Nicaragua to provide the means for clean drinking water, improved sanitation, and gardens for food .
 

Once the needs of individual families are provided, the work begins. 

Digging water wells:

Building latrines:

Establishing gardens:

Installing cement floors for improved sanitation:
 

The community members and families are trained on how to construct, install, and maintain their own facilities.  Depending on the project, familes will contribute financially, as well, in order to promote owndership and diginity instead of dependence.

Through our Sustainable living program, Misión Para Cristo is helping to take care of the whole person and their families.

Stats:

• Statistics show that having safe drinking water decreases cases of diarrhea by 45%.1
• "Globally, more than 1,000 children under the age of five die every day from diseases caused by water pollution, a lack of sanitation facilities and inadequate hygiene."3
• “Contaminated drinking water is estimated to cause 505,000 diarrheal deaths each year.”2
• Globally, at least 2 billion people use a drinking water source contaminated with feces.2

• 1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. WASH statistics. Accessed on July 10, 2017. Available here.
• 2. World Health Organization. Fact Sheet. Accessed on September 13, 2023. Available here.
• 3.  Unicef. "Water-related crises threaten the lives of 190 million children."   Accessed March 20, 2023.  Available here.