Demonstrating God’s love and provision in practical ways

Friends In Action International exists to facilitate and equip mission work around the world accelerating the process of taking the Gospel to those who have never heard.

When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. Isaiah 41:17

http://www.friendsinaction.org.uk/

Our purpose

FIA Projects

• Burkina Faso – Water Well Drilling• Guinea (New Tribes Mission partnership) – Bridge construction– Medical clinic construction

• England - maintenance/ repairs to NTM Bible Training Centre

• India – Orphanage construction projects• Papua New Guinea – Sepik River Barge service

FRIENDS IN ACTION

Water of Life ProjectBurkina Faso

As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far

country.

Proverbs ch 25 v 25

BURKINA FASO WEST AFRICA

Fact File

Capital: OuagadougouCurrency: West African

CFA FrancPopulation: 16.5 million

Official Language: French

The numbers…6000Children die each day due to poor sanitation, hygiene or lack of safe drinking water

2.5 millionDeaths occur every year from unsafe water

34The average life expectancy due to diseases caused by unclean water

6kmThe average distance a woman or child walks in Africa for drinking water

25kgThe weight a water container can weigh

5Hours per day is spent walking to get water

£5000The cost of drilling a well and installing a pump

75mDepth of a typical well

500The minimum number of people that will benefit from a well

The Water Problem

Most wells that are currently being used are hand dug – some large and some small. This water is also used by animals. Animals can also fall into these wells and die contaminating the water even more.

The women and children often walk miles to bring back water. The woman in this photo had walked a few days in search of ‘clean’ drinking water for their families.

Glad to have a drink of waterno matter how dirty it is.

As you can see the need for clean water is great and life expectancy can be as low as 34 years as a result.

Clean Water to drink!

The Spiritual Need

The religion of Burkina Faso is mainly Islam/Muslim. A large proportion of people have never heard the Gospel.

When drilling starts in villages large crowds of people gather to watch and this gives the missionaries accompanying the drill team a wonderful opportunity to share the good news of the Gospel.

The Collier FamilyLeading the work in

Burkina Faso

Water of Life Project

Tim Wilson

Full time worker from

Northern Ireland

assisting Mark in Burkina

Faso since October

2013

Transport Burkina Style!

Full Load!

A Brief History of the Well Drilling Ministry

• 1998 The Beginnings - Survey work• 2000 Rig and equipment shipped• 2003 Move to Ghana from Ivory Coast• 2005 – 2014 working in Burkina Faso

Old Drill Rig

New FIA Drill Rig at Balmoral Show – May 2013

New Drill Rig arrives in Burkina!

Old Tool Trailer (in bits)!

New Tool Trailer

Every space in the 40ft container filled including literature from

Every Home Crusade

Ready for shipping

Unpacking the container in OuagadougouDecember 2013

The 2013/14 Season

• New hangar completed• Drilling 36 wells from 50 boreholes• 6 teams• New Rig and container shipment• Advance surveying: 60 wells currently on

the ‘to do’ list

Insight to work and teams

Saintfield Team

Jan 2014

Tasks completed by this team:• New kitchen to fit in Collier’s house• Re-wire the Collier’s house• Drill water wells and pump installation in a very remote

region in South West Burkina.

Drill Sites:

• Mangodara

• Pima

• Sideradougou

• Pambiesokura

• Djarakoro

• Ouo

The Team travelled by road from the capital Ouagadougou (centre of map) to the drill sites – a journey of approximately 12 hours. The terrain was very rough at times.

Video Presentation of January 2014 Team

Saintfield Baptist

Needs on the field

– Funding for wells to be drilled

– Volunteers for future teams

– A forklift truck (rough terrain)

– A primary school teacher to assist Louise Collier in schooling the children (even for short period)

Please pray for

– More would be reached with the Gospel through a cup of water given in Christ’s name

– Protection/Safety – work teams and local workers

– The Collier Family and Tim Wilson– Ebola situation in West Africa– Continued expansion of the work

for His glory

Thank you for listening

Help us to reach the unreached by joining a drill team to Burkina Faso – we would love to see you out there.

We cannot do it without you!