Most of the targeted people groups lack basic needs such as food, water, medical attention and education. We believe that the gospel cannot be complete unless it is represented holistically. Touch Asia Ministries engages in representing the compassion and mercy of Jesus Christ to the poor and the needy among the targeted people groups through medical camps, reliefs, food items, clean water supplies, and various other ways to serve these people groups who are in need.
Most of the targeted people groups lack basic needs such as food, water, medical attention and education. We believe that the gospel cannot be complete unless it is represented holistically. Touch Asia Ministries engages in representing the compassion and mercy of Jesus Christ to the poor and the needy among the targeted people groups through medical camps, reliefs, food items, clean water supplies, and various other ways to serve these people groups who are in need.
- Clean Water Projects:
South Asia’s huge and growing population is putting a severe strain on all of the country’s natural resources. Most water sources are contaminated by sewage and agricultural runoff. In India, diarrhea alone causes more than 1,600 deaths daily. Hygiene practices also continue to be a problem in South Asia. Sanitation is extremely poor in rural areas of the country; only 14% of the rural population has access to a toilet. Hand washing is also poorly practiced, increasing the spread of disease. In order to decrease the amount of disease spread through drinking- water, lack of toilet usage and improper hygiene must be improved simultaneously.- 130 Million People in India do not have access to water.
- 850 million people have no sanitation.
- 25% of people live below the poverty line.
- Slum Development:
In South Asia, the size of the urban population is increasing at alarming rates. The poor population from rural areas continue to migrate to the urban areas with the hope of being able to earn better wages to support their families. Many of these people find shelter in slum communities. The enormous quantity of people living in such close quarters causes people living in these slums to have very poor health. Most people in these slums live on less than US $2 a day, and many live on less than US $1 a day. Acute poverty, overcrowding, poor housing, and unhealthy disposal of waste all play major roles in the water and sanitation crisis in the urban areas of South Asia.- Slum Population in Mumbai – The financial capital of India known as Mumbai is home to estimate 6.5 million slum people.
- Slum Population in Delhi – After Mumbai, Delhi has the second largest slum Population in India. Nearly 1.8 million