4,500 - that's a lot of people. It represents the number of children that die every single day because of dirty water. It's about the same number that we could fit in our church sanctuary if we filled it twice. This man told us his story. His granddaughter had gotten sick with AWD (Acute Watery Diarrhea) from drinking dirty water from their only water source. His young granddaughter quickly had a high fever and her body started convulsing. She couldn't stay hydrated. He began the two hour walk to the nearest clinic carrying the child with her parents walking by his side. He was in tears as he told us that he couldn't bear to tell the parents she passed away as they walked to the clinic, he just clung to her lifeless body. Another victim of a totally preventable disease.
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