When we began our mission in Southeast Asia, one of the important needs that we identified was the need for safe, clean drinking water.  The existing manual wells and rainwater retrieval systems were inadequate, and in many cases were contaminated with unsafe levels of bacteria. School children were forced to carry drinking water from home.

            The new water systems that we provide with your support include new deep wells, an electric motor pump, a 275 gallon metal storage tank, water lines, and 2 drinking fountains.  We are able to maximize dollars by using volunteers from the local Parent/Teacher Associations of the schools.  Not only will the new water systems bring safe water for their children, but it also gives the village a sense of pride and accomplishment to complete these projects alongside the volunteers from Outreach Asia.

            Since completing our first elementary school water system at Malitbog Central located on Leyte Island in The Philippines in August of 2003, we have successfully funded numerous new water systems for numerous other villages.  Our second school, San Vincente, was completed by a multi-national group of volunteers from Japan, Belgium, and the United States.  In March of 2004 we completed our third school water system upgrade in San Jose.  We have also completed our fourth and fifth schools in Leyte and the Huong Vuong School in My Tho, Vietnam.

General costs:

Primary School water system (deep well, hand punp, cement reservoir - $1,800

Large school such as a high school water system (deep well, cement tower, tank, elec. pump, water lines, two fountains, etc. - $3,900-4,800)