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Living Water International
Living Water International is a faith-based non-profit organization that helps communities in developing countries create sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programs in response to the global water crisis.〔Moore, Mike, 2003, ''A World Without Walls: Freedom, Development, Free Trade and Global Governance'', Cambridge University Press, p. 81, ISBN 0-521-82701-9.〕〔Horswell, Cindy, 2007-02-18, (Clean water was driller's passion, ) ''Houston Chronicle''.〕 It is based in Houston, Texas, United States. It was established in 1990 and currently operates in 21 countries. As of 2013, the organization had completed more than 14,100 water projects which included drilling new water wells, harvesting water, and the rehabilitation of non-working wells. Living Water was a founding member of the Millennium Water Alliance,〔(Millennium Water Alliance Applauds Congressional Action on Water Supply Crisis ), PR Newswire, 2004-02-02〕〔Sternlieb, Faith R. and Laituri, Melinda 2010-08, "(Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Indicators: Measuring Hydrophilanthropic Quality )", ''Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education'', 145, pp. 56.〕 and is a member of the 58 Alliance, a coalition of Christian organizations united to help eliminate extreme poverty.〔Berkman, Jacob, 2011-07-05, (A Christian Group Seeks to End Extreme Poverty, ) ''The Chronicle of Philanthropy''.〕〔Hardin, Chet, 2011-06-23, (To the extreme, ) ''Colorado Springs Independent''.〕
In 2006, Living Water became a key partner in the Advent Conspiracy, a movement among Christian churches that calls members to give simpler but more thoughtful gifts that foster relationships, and then use the money they would have spent on expensive gifts to help the needy around the world.〔Karkabi, Barbara, 2007-12-23, (What fewer gifts under the tree can mean, ) ''Houston Chronicle''.〕〔Riley, Jennifer, 2007-12-12, (Church Movement Aims to Restore 'Scandal' of Christmas, ) ''Christian Post''.〕〔Gilbert, Virginia, 2009-12-18, (For the Advent Conspiracy, true generosity is more about giving than spending, ) ''St. Louis Beacon''.〕
==History==
In 1990, a group from Houston, Texas traveled to Kenya and saw the need for clean drinking water. They returned to Houston and founded a 501(c)3 non-profit. The organization equipped and trained a team of Kenyan drillers, and Living Water Kenya began operations the next year under the direction of a national board.
One of the organization's co-founders, Harry Westmoreland Jr., worked in the seismic drilling industry. He first saw how important clean water was in 1989 when he visited a missionary who was having difficulty drilling a water well in Peru. In 1989 he invented a portable rig called the LS 100 that could be transported in the back of a pickup truck or in a small boat. The LS 100 can drill 100 feet through soft formations.〔
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