Delivering food, shelter, and hope to the poorest of the poor
Almost one-third of Kenya’s population does not have access to clean, safe water (CIA World Factbook). Children suffer from drinking contaminated water, and the exhausting chore of collecting water leaves them with little time for school and catechism.
Join us again in working with longtime ministry partner Father Fabian Hevi to provide water systems for eight more communities in the Archdiocese of Mombasa and the Diocese of Machakos. This gift of water will bless 117,430 more lives!
Continue to help quench thirsts, empower communities and build brighter futures by giving Water for Life! A gift of $5,011 will provide clean water for 876 people — but any amount will be an incredible blessing!
Cross Catholic Outreach and Fr. Fabian are working toward the day when no children will risk their health or safety to quench their thirst. For six years, our water projects contributed to rapid transformation in the Diocese of Lodwar. Today, we are working on a long-term campaign to share that same blessing with the Archdiocese of Mombasa and the Diocese of Machakos in southern Kenya.
Cross Catholic Outreach begins working with Fr. Fabian to provide clean water for the Turkana in Lodwar, Kenya.
27 communities and 83,000 Turkana people are blessed in Lodwar. Fr. Fabian founds Good Samaritan Water Sanitation Services to continue work in other regions of Kenya.
Good Samaritan Water Sanitation Services starts working in the Archdiocese of Mombasa and the Diocese of Machakos in southern Kenya.
To date, 16 water systems have been successfully installed in southern Kenya, bringing clean water to 117,901 people. In the fall of 2021, you helped fund 15 more systems that will bless 151,970 people once they are all complete.
With your help, we can provide clean water for eight additional communities, transforming 117,430 more lives!
Right now, families’ lives are consumed with the constant search for water and the consequences of drinking from contaminated sources. By giving them a reliable water supply, we can give them their time back and foster holistic transformation in their villages. Water changes everything.
Restore health and time to precious children, enabling them to attend school consistently and work toward a brighter future.
Refresh families’ faith by eliminating the chore of water collection and giving them more time to worship, pray and attend Mass.
Improve families’ food security by providing clean water for crops and livestock. Empower parishes to launch agricultural projects.
Water scarcity perpetuates poverty, keeping families sick, exhausted and unable to engage in meaningful activities. In addition to constructing quality water systems, your support will facilitate workshops in water, sanitation, hygiene and agriculture. Equipped with clean water and vital training, communities will finally have hope for the future!
Fr. Fabian stands in front of a completed water kiosk in Mokine, Kenya. He invites you to help share Christ’s love through clean water!
Since 2013, we’ve helped Fr. Fabian bless more than 350,000 lives with clean water. His nonprofit, Good Samaritan Water Sanitation Services, installs safe water systems that are built to last.
In the community of Kamtonga, Felicia makes four round trips to fetch water from this muddy lake. To complete this exhausting chore, she walks about 20 miles each day.
Felicia struggles to lift a 20-liter container filled with lake water.
There are several important steps taken to guarantee the quality and longevity of the water systems. Drilled deep into the earth (to around 200 meters), the boreholes reach into the clean, abundant water table. Such measures ensure that the water systems will endure through seasons of drought and bless their communities for generations to come.
Fr. Fabian has seen firsthand how God can use water to rewrite the future for families in need. With your generous support, Good Samaritan Water Sanitation Services will be able to install water systems in eight more communities, bringing clean water to 66,039 children and 51,391 adults. Please donate to transform their lives with clean water!
Proceeds from this campaign will be used to cover any expenditures incurred through June 30, 2023, the close of our ministry’s fiscal year. In the event that more funds are raised than needed to fully fund the project, the excess funds, if any, will be used to meet the most urgent needs of the ministry.
When you include Cross Catholic Outreach as a beneficiary in your will, trust, retirement account or life insurance policy, you will make a difference for poor communities by meeting both material and spiritual needs for generations to come. Create Your Legacy!
Our mission is to mobilize the global Catholic Church to transform the poor and their communities materially and spiritually for the glory of Jesus Christ. Your gift empowers us to serve the poorest of the poor by channeling life-changing aid through an international network of dioceses, parishes and Catholic missionaries. This cost-effective approach helps break the cycle of poverty and advance Catholic evangelization.