No  drinking water facility was available in most of the villages of  all the three states  where the Bhil people live, particularly, Dahod (Gujarat), Banswada (Rajasthan) and Jabua (Madhya Pradesh).  Hand-pumps which were erected with the Government aid did not  provide them with water.  Soon many of them got damaged and left uncared-for.  Once, we visited Debair village in Jabua in Madhya Pradesh in order to conduct a monsoon meeting.  The water the village people  had given us was very cold.  We enquired of them from where they had fetched the water.  The reply was that they had travelled through a rugged and craggy path of roughly one kilometer.  At last, they  dug out a small hole at the bank of a river with dirty and muddy water.  They placed a bottleguard shell into the hole and took out water and thus they fetched the water.  As soon as it was poured into a glass tumbler, we were taken aback to see a lot of germs circling inside the tumbler.  During summer season, to obtain one kudam of potable water, they had to pass through a very long distance.  The condition of the goats , bulls and other domestic animals was still worse.

One day, by the grace of God, we received a phone-call from CBN Organisation.  Dr. Paul Dinakaran (Jesus Calls) had introduced our Shalom Ministry to the  CBN Organisation, while he was interacting with the Director of the organization about our ministry.  At once, they came forward to serve these villages of Bhil adivasi people.

 Hence, within a past few years, with the help of CBN Organisation, till date, hand-pumps have been erected in 106 villages and drinkable water facility has been made available.  Having seen the prayers and faith of the Bhil believers CBN people praised the Lord.  The Lord commands good potable water in all the villages so that no hand-pump does ever fail to provide them with water.  Praise the Lord for the partnership of ours with the CBN Organisation.                                                                                                

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