KYRGYZSTAN

Gary & Cindy Landry - Implementing Partner

Living Water Medical Ministries (LWMM)has provided approximately $300,000 worth of pharmaceuticals to Gary & Cindy Landry in 2004.

COUNTRY FACTS:

Population: 5.14 million
Population lacking clean water: 1.18 million
Climate: Dry continental to polar in high Tien Shan; subtropical in southwest; temperate in northern foothill zone
Natural Resources: Hydropower, Deposits of gold and rare earth metals, Coal, Oil, Natural gas
Government: Republic
Languages: Kygyz (official), Russian (offical)
Religions: Muslim 75%, Russian Orthodox 20%, other 5%
Ethnic Groups: Kyrgyz 64.9%, Uzbek 13.8%, Russian 12.5%
Population below the poverty line: 40%
Life Expectancy: 68 years
Infant Mortality Rate: 35 deaths per 1000 live births
Currency: KG

INDIA

Ben & Susan - Implementing Partner

Northern India
In 2004, twelve new wells were completed by LWI-North India. Well sites are chosen in cooperation with local churches and medical missions, and the ministry is implementing literacy training in each of the villages which have received a well.

In 2005, 12 new wells were completed.

David & Helen Ongole - Country Director

Hyderabad
In 2004, Living Water India drilled 41 new wells in some of the poorest and most remote parts of India. Hindus in many Indian villages withhold the village water source from the Christians living there. As a result, Living Water India drills wells at Christian churches. Christians are able to drink clean water, but are also able to share their clean water with their neighbors and persecutors, thereby sharing the living water of Jesus Christ.

Dennis & Cindy Anderson - Field Representative

Tsunami Relief
After surveying the damage on 400-600 miles of coastal land in the Andhra Pradesh state the goal was to rehabilitate 100 water systems and provide durable goods to 600 Christian families that lost everything. Dennis Anderson, David Ongole and drilling crew spent 2005 rehabilitating and completing new wells along with durable goods being distributed to the families affected. For 2005, 181 new wells were completed and five wells were rehabilitated.

COUNTRY FACTS:

Population: 1.06 billion
Population lacking clean water: 169 million
Climate: Varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north
Natural Resources: Coal, Iron Ore, Manganese, Mica
Government: Federal Republic
Languages: English, Hindi, Bergali, Gujarnti, Kashmiri
Religions: Hindu 81%, Muslim 12%, Christians 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%
Ethnic Groups: Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3%
Population below the poverty line: 25%
Life Expectancy: 64 years
Infant Mortality Rate: 57 deaths per 1000 live births
Currency: Indian Rupe