Help us Bring Clean Water to the People of Afochofa, a village in Iraq

Help us Bring Clean Water to the People of Abosoda, a village in Iraq.


People in Abosoda, a poor, rural, agricultural community of 3000 people, 70 miles west of Baghdad, have no clean water to drink. The community has a Compact Unit (CU), which draws water from the Euphrates River and supplies the village households, but it is in disrepair and no longer treats the water. Cholera and typhoid are 2 of the many diseases which people can get from drinking untreated river water.

We are raising money for a project overseen by CARE and supported by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) to purchase a mobile water purification plant.


The project, which should take approximately four months, will provide residents with an acceptable amount and quality of water. If and when the national water system is extended to Abosoda, this system can be transported elsewhere. The price for the project is $68,000.


Let’s see how much Dane County can raise to help save lives in Abosoda!


Please send your contributions, made out to “CARE”, with “Abosoda water project” in the memo, to: DOERS (Doers Offering Emergency Relief Support), P.O. Box 299525,
Madison WI 53725-9525.

Info: (608) 223-9571, doers@terracom.net


DOERS is a local not-for-profit group which provides humanitarian aid to victims of war, oppression and natural disasters, and educates the public about the causes and cures of the problems it addresses.