We just got word that a deep water well that Dry Tears just recently funded is in the process of being drilled! It’s located in an IDP camp (Internally Displaced Camp).

The organization that we partnered with to get this job done is Make Way Partners, and they work against human-trafficking.

As many know, Darfur has been the exact representation of what it looks like when hope is stripped away. With a complicated history, and even more complicated wars raging inside the land, those that are hurt the most are the people of Darfur.

In every situation where Dry Tears has provided a well, we have seen a huge difference in the people’s lives and how it provides tangible hope to them. In Darfur, I can’t even begin to imagine what kind of difference this clean water will make in the Iives of thousands of people.

For every single person that has helped us raise the funds for this project, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Below you can see a few pictures of their previous water source and the effects it has on the people there, then you can see the drilling equipment that will provide fresh, clean, and safe drinking water.

Previous water source for entire camp

Guinea worm- a parasite found in their previous water source

Dear Dry Tears,

On behalf of Make Way Partners I am writing to you and all of the students that you represent to thank you. The hard work Dry Tears initiated to fund a well in the Internally Displaced People (IDP) camps in Darfur, Sudan brings more than fresh water to the thirsty, but it also brings hope to those who feel forgotten by the world.

Attached you will find photos of the well being drilled and conditions in the camp in which this new well has brought both hope and health. I hope that it will reach you before school is out so that you can share with the students who participated in making a difference for the least of these in Sudan.

With much appreciation for your partnership and your groups tenacity to make a difference in this world.

Partners in Christ,

Audrey Moore

Child Sponsorship Coordinator

A few sundays ago, Rita’s in Woodstock and in Marietta partnered with Dry Tears donating 15% of their profits to Dry Tears! It was a great day, and the sun came out just long enough to give us some warm weather. thanks to all who came out, and here’s a few pictures from the day!

Hello all!

So we’ve started doing something new with Dry Tears in which a youth group, church, school, whatever, will adopt a village in Africa and raise money to build a well there.  We have creatively called this the Adopt A Village program =)

As you may know, the middle school and high school youth groups at our home church of West Ridge in Dallas Georgia recently raised enough money for the village of Fing (silent “g”) in Burkina Faso! Now, First Baptist Woodstock (crazy gigantic church in, you guessed it, woodstock georgia) has decided to join.  The college ministry (Prime) has adopted the village of Sono, a village also in Burkina Faso.  They are raising money through the entire month of March, though we would not be surprised to see them continue their efforts beyond this month.  We ask that all of you reading pray that God would provide hope for the people of Sono in a miraculous way and we are so proud of First Baptist Woodstock for joining the Dry Tears movement!

It was random. But just the type of randomness that makes me love what I do.

Her name is Ana Vianei and she’s a freshman at Marietta High School. She explains to me over a facebook message that she and her friends have been hand-stitching shirts with Africa on the front. They found out about Dry Tears and also wanted to be a part of the growing movement of students that are radically making a difference. With more friends on board and shirts being sold like crazy, Ana and her friends at MHS continue to have after-school sewing parties to make these shirts and %100 percent of the profits from each shirt go towards the funding of a well.

So, I went to this conference in Irvine, California. A couple of my friends were gonna be there, like Zach Hunter, Charles Lee, and Billy Williams. This conference was called the Idea Camp, and it was really awesome. There were guest speakers and a lot of different workshops, but instead of just being taught, it was extremely interactive. People gave and critiqued ideas, and it was just an awesome time to connect with people.

On Saturday morning, I drove to the conference and Charles Lee (who put on the whole thing) came up talking to me about what time I was going up and what kind of questions were gonna be asked. Then it hit me, I’m going up on stage! I was blown away and honored. Zach and I both went up there and it was an awesome and unexpected time! Here are some pictures from that event that my brother, Chad, took.

Zach is in the middle and Charles is on the left.

The Idea Camp - Zach Hunter & Conner Cress from The Idea Camp on Vimeo.

Conner was able to attend a round table discussion at the White House where he was able to speak to a group of leaders and talk about the work of Dry Tears. Below is the press release as well as a few photos from the event.