Africa-Press – Lesotho. In commemoration of World Water Day, World Vision Lesotho organized a workshop for Religious Leaders based on their newly published book named Jesus Source of
Living Water, which advocates for sustainable clean water supply. The purpose of the workshop which kick-started on Tuesday and ends today is to build a pool of faith leaders
knowledgeable in Jesus Source of Living Water model and how it relates to the importance of water availability for the general wellbeing of children and
communities. World Water Day is an annual United Nations (UN) observance day that highlights the importance of fresh water. It is used to advocate for the sustainable provision and management of fresh water resources.
This year’s theme is ‘Valuing Water’. According to the press statement released by World Vision Jesus source of living water model teaches about the importance of water in the existence of every living thing, which is the reason
that drives World Vision to ensure that every child, household, health facility receives clean and sustainable water sanitation and hygiene. “This focus will extend beyond the issues of pricing to
include the environmental, social, and cultural value people place on water,” the statement added. World Vision Facilitator Thomas Lebitsa told Informative
Newspaper that Religious Leaders need to educate their congregations about the importance of sanitation and hygiene in the churches. Lebitsa further said World Vision has worked in collaboration with the government of Lesotho
whereby it has built classes for students, wells and toilets and this time around, they have decided to involve churches to contribute. “We have about 35 participants in the
workshop who are Religious Leaders from different churches across the country,” he said. He indicated that they will hand out copies of the book to the leaders
after the workshop so that they can go and use it to educate their congregations with it. He said they also expect them to go and train their colleagues who will then share the knowledge with other people.
He said they also look forward to see the Religious Leaders practicing hygiene in their lives, families and churches just as they were taught at the workshop and there
should also be toilets and dustbins in their churches. Father Hlompho Hlaha as one of the Religious Leaders participating in the workshop said the workshop was very educational as
it has taught them the importance of good hygiene. He said they also learnt that water can also be used to stop the spread of Coronavirus (Covid-19). Hlaha
said people need to wash their hands frequently which is something most people forget to do and they were taught that they should avoid drinking rain water as
it is not clean. He further said they were also taught that the distance one has to travel to get water has to be at least 30 minutes long. Hlaha emphasized that most places that water is found at are in a shady places
or in the bushes far from the villages and they encouraged that taps should be brought closer to villages for the sake of children’s safety. He said they were also encouraged to use tippy-taps instead of taps in their churches where the congregation can wash their hands.
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