How You Can Help Fight World Poverty
By giving, supporting, partnering, empowering and educating the desperately poor, we are providing hope in a hopeless world.
This is not a short-term vision, this is a global solution. All life has equal value and through your support, finances, expertise, prayers and equipment we can help break the poverty cycle. Villages are transformed by clean water.
Gift of Justice and Hope
A gift can go a long way. With a gift from our Justice and Hope Gift Catalogue, you’ll be able to bless someone you love, as well as someone far away. Consider buying a gift today.
Prayer Support
Our field is a tough one with much opposition. The team in India are constantly under threat of violence and persecution. We need you to pray for their safety, for God’s hand to be on them and on the people they are working with. Pray for support, for health, for wisdom.
Fight World Poverty Sponsorship Packages
You may sponsor a project in full or in part. Every contribution, no matter how small, is significant. 100% of your donation goes directly India.* Our dedicated team of field workers ensure your donation goes to the area of greatest need.
Villages are Transformed by Clean Drinking Water.
Clean water and sanitation are essential to life. A well provides clean water – for drinking, cooking, washing and maintaining a vegetable garden. Together with sanitation and hygiene education the needy are empowered to deal with immediate hygiene problems. Sponsor a well today and help us make a difference.
- Bore well and pump AUD $2,500.
- Hygiene educator AUD $70 per month.
- 20,000 litre water tank AUD $7,000.
- 10,000 litre water tank AUD $4,500.
To become a sponsor you can pay securely online through your PayPal account or credit card with just a few clicks. Click the relevant ‘Sponsor a Well and Pump’ button on the left to make your payment. If you do not have a PayPal account click here to create one. Alternatively you can make a direct deposit into our bank account Westpac 033 112 209002 or download and complete the clean water sponsorship form, fill in your details and send together with your payment to PO Box 680, Glen Waverley, Australia 3150. Please make cheques made payable to ‘Jacob’s Well India’.
Fight Child Poverty Sponsorship
Education means a new life for each child and their family, helping break the poverty cycle.
- Child sponsorship AUD $40 per month.
To become a sponsor you can pay securely online through your PayPal account or credit card with just a few clicks. You have the choice to pay monthly or annually. Click the relevant ‘Sponsor a Child’ button on the left to make your payment. If you do not have a PayPal account click here to create one. Alternatively you can make a direct deposit into our bank account Westpac 033 112 209002 or download and complete the fight child poverty sponsorship form, fill in your details and send together with your payment to PO Box 680, Glen Waverley, Australia 3150. Please make cheques made payable to ‘Jacob’s Well India’.
Fight Poverty Literacy and Education Sponsorship Packages
Education is the answer for so many of the problems these people experience. Literacy and new skills classes enable the reading of medicine instructions and documents, and provide better job opportunities.
- Tutor AUD $75 per month.
- Literacy program in one village for 12 months AUD $4,800.
- Donate towards education materials and library books.
Fight Poverty Enterprise Assistance Sponsorship Packages
Providing help, support and education empowers the desperately poor to become self sufficient and
provide an income for a village family.
Help contribute to our literacy and education program or provide enterprise assistance by making a once off donation securely online through your PayPal account or credit card with just a few clicks. If you do not have a PayPal account click here to create one. Click the ‘Once Off Contribution’ button on the left to make your payment. Alternatively you can make a direct deposit into our bank account Westpac 033 112 209002 or you can download and complete the fight poverty sponsorship form. Post to PO Box 680 Glen Waverley Australia 3150. Cheques made payable to 'Jacob’s Well India'.
Fight Poverty Health and Resource Centre Sponsorship
A health centre means less risk for pregnant women and babies and, with accessible healthcare, we can help provide a better quality of life for all. A resource centre means new skills can be taught and learnt, creating more job opportunities.
- Building estimate AUD $60,000 including fit out.
Help contribute to our building fund and become a 'brick in the wall' sponsor. Donate securely online through your PayPal account or credit card with just a few clicks. Click the ‘Once Off Contribution’ button on the left to make your payment. If you do not have a PayPal account click here to create one. Alternatively you can make a direct deposit into our bank account Westpac 033 112 209002 or download and complete the fight poverty sponsorship form, fill in your details and send together with your payment to PO Box 680, Glen Waverley, Australia 3150. Please make cheques made payable to ‘Jacob’s Well India’
On behalf of the villagers we thank you. Donations to approved aid development activities are tax deductible.
Download Jacob's Well Brochure for more information on Jacob's Well.
Field Volunteers
We need skilled people to go and share their skills with our team in India and with the villagers. We all have skills that can be shared: medical, educational, building, gardening, farming, computing, musical, artistic, creative, sewing and so much more. Short term or longer term, we would love to share and learn from you. Please download and complete our expression of interest form PDF and post to Jacob’s Well PO Box 680 Glen Waverley Australia 3150.
Teams go regularly, and even if you don’t know how you could help, come and
experience India. Email info@jacobswell.org.au or phone +61 3 9803 6115 to find out more.
* If a tax receipt is required this incurs a 6% processing fee. Credit card transactions incur up to 2.7% bank fee. Jacob’s Well is a registered, not-for-profit charity founded in Australia in early 2005. Our Australian Business Number (ABN) is 65 340 113 571. In mid-2008 Jacob’s Well Foundation was established in India and is registered as a not-for-profit company, with its head office in New Delhi.
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