Ivory Coast drillers bring water of life

Lydia Houghton  |  World
Date posted:  22 Jun 2025
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Ivory Coast drillers bring water of life

Some of 40 children at the hand-pump. Source: Friends in Action

Combining social action and gospel proclamation: that’s what an evangelical missionary organisation is seeking to do in Sub-Saharan West Africa.

In Golikoro, Ivory Coast, a group of Christians set to work drilling wells for those without water. But it wasn’t just drinking water they were seeking to bring, it was living water, too, through the sharing of the gospel.

One of the four who travelled out, Ben Griffin, told en: “Friends In Action partners with local churches and Bible colleges wherever they drill, ensuring there are opportunities for God’s glory to be proclaimed, and His word taught.”

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