Mission Emanuel Water Treatment Facility

• Mission Emanuel has finished building a water purification system in Cielo (Spanish word for 'heaven'). It was quite an undertaking, but the prospects for greater health in the community and expanding ministry opportunities are phenomenal.
  
  In April 2007 an annual Men's Trip team built the storage area for the water system, front patio, and upstairs cistern area (picture on right).  That summer the plumbing and electrical equipment were added and the system has been fully operational since! (See images below!)

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• Since its opening, Provision del Cielo, (Heaven Provides) has the capacity to clean and refill 2,000 5-gallon bottles per day. We have been able to sell these bottles for a third of the prevailing rate and of course, give it away to the poorest of the poor who used to drink polluted water.
  
  The Haina river basin, which flows 3 blocks from our Cielo hilltop property, is one of the ten most polluted rivers in the world. Not surprisingly, 80% of the sick people treated in our clinic are due to water-related illnesses. This outreach now has the potential of touching every home in Bayona, a community of over 60,000 people.

In the community we serve families are purchasing water daily and we are excited to provide extremely affordable, pure water.  While it is easier for them, this community still suffers from poverty and year-round summer weather!  Therefore you have an opportunity to help.  Would you prayerfully consider a one-time special gift to provide clean water to 10 families for a month for only $30!

© Mission Emanuel | A Ministry of The Gathering/USA

Mission Emanuel is an ongoing Dominican Republic outreach ministry of The Gathering/USA, a non-profit organization that has brought together missionaries from around the world dedicated to improving the lives of the Dominican people by providing health care, education, better living conditions and spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ.

These missionaries, working for and with Dominicans, have constructed a church, two schools, two medical clinics, a dental clinic and homes in the communities of Nazaret and Cielo near Santo Domingo. Over 400 students attend the schools. Many of these students are sponsored by caring Christians who are making a difference, one student at a time.