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Jacob’s Well will keep you up-to-date with the latest news on the many issues faced in breaking the poverty cycle, including the villagers, our volunteer teams and the work in progress.

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• Justice & Hope Photographic Exhibition Official Opening
  Exhibition official opening Friday 22nd February at 7pm in the Atrium Gallery on Level 35 at Sofitel Melbourne, 25 Collins Street. Drinks and nibbles will be provided. Register now and don't miss out on a special performance from renown cellist Zoe Knighton. RSVP Essential. Full Details.

• Rejoice Kakinada Childrens and Widows Home Now Open
  We are excited to announce the appointment of Samuel and Suraya as managers of Rejoice Kakinada Children’s and Widows Home. They have many years experience and are highly skilled in areas of teaching and home management. We are privileged to have them. Rejoice Kakinada will provide for 25 children and 10 widows. Just as in our other home, the children will receive total care in a loving environment, as will the widows who will also help care for the children and develop their own skills as part of our self-sufficiency goal. If you or anyone you know is interested in helping transform the life of one of these children or widows please email joan@jacobswell.org.au

• Stop Press! Breakthrough Land Acquisition
  Recently we had a brief window of opportunity to purchase a plot of farming land adjacent to Rejoice Children’s Home. Through the quick response and generosity of sponsors our bid for the land was successful. We will continue to farm the land with some of the crop being used in the children’s home and the balance being sold. This is part of our ongoing commitment to long-term sustainability of our development activities.

• Child Sponsorship
  There are 20 children in desperate need of sponsors. A child sponsorship costs only $30 per month ($1 a day). Please download and complete the child sponsorship form and help us break the poverty cycle.

• Jacob's Well Fun Filled Trivia and Games Night
  Accept the Jacob's Well Challenge! Friday November 2nd 2007 7.00 pm at Kew RSL, Function Room, 63 Cotham Road, Kew. Join in the fun! Bring yourself, a friend or two, or even a group of 8, to our fun-filled Trivia and Games Night to help raise urgently needed funds. Reserve your seat, only $10 per head. There’ll be door prizes too! Full Details.

• Living Water Newsletter Issue 4
  Jacob’s Well Living Water August 2007 Newsletter. Full Details.
  
  
• Fresh Water Well Completed
  Another well is completed. View Photos.
  
  
• 'Not Just Another Brick in the Wall' Jacob’s Well Building Fund
  Join our ‘Brick in the Wall’ sponsorship drive. You can either become a ticket seller by obtaining brick booklets or buy a package yourself. Funds will help provide a wellness clinic, a resource centre and a boundary wall around the widows’ and children’s home. View Progress.
  
  
• Fresh Water Well Completed
  This remote village in the highlands of Orissa is 5km from the nearest town and until now had no clean water supply. By providing a fresh water well we help make a difference to the quality of life for the 30 people who live there. View Photos.
  
  
• Living Water Newsletter Issue 3
  Jacob’s Well Living Water June 2007 Newsletter. Full Details.
  
  
• Jacob’s Well Streaming Video
  You can now view our DVD online. View Video.
  
  
• Flinders Quartet Jacob's Well Benefit Concert
  Flinders Quartet perform Beethoven At Kyneton. A merry gathering in the country. Sunday 17th June 2007 2:30 pm St Paul's Anglican Church 22 Yaldwyn Street West Kyneton. Full Details.
  
  
• Fresh Water Well Finished
  Our next well is completed. Situated in a remote village 11km from the nearest town, these 40 villagers try to earn enough money to eat through farming and labouring. This bore well will provide them with essential fresh water that is used for drinking, cooking and washing. View Photos.
  
  
• Online Auction Items
  We currently have some unique auction items ready for your bid. Bidding closes March 16th 2007, 18:00 EST. Full Details.
  
  
• Speckled Goat Wines Now Available
  Speckled Goat White and Red Wines – an ideal gift! Full Details.
  
  
• Fresh Water Well Finished
  Another well is completed in a remote village 8km from the nearest town. The well provides clean fresh water to the villagers. View Photos.
  
  
• Fresh Water Well Finished
  View photos of another well in a remote village 10km from the nearest town. This small village has a population of over 30 people who now are enjoying clean fresh water.
  
  
• Annual Fund Raising Dinner
  Fundraising Dinner Saturday March 3rd. We need you. Please help raise urgently needed funds and book a seat or two, or even a table at our fundraising dinner. There’ll be entertainment, a sit down meal and spectacular auction items. We need you to help us break the poverty cycle. Full Details.
  
  
• Field Report
  December 2006 Joan and Vicki in Orissa. Full Details.
  
  
• Fresh Water Well Finished
  This village is situated 25km from the nearest town and has over 180 people living there. The women no longer have to walk miles each day for clean, fresh water. View Photos.
  
  
• Living Water Newsletter Issue 2
  Jacob’s Well Living Water November 2006 Newsletter. Full Details.

• Jacob's Well Appeal
  Turn trash into treasure by donating items for our container going to India. Calling all health and medical workers for our nursing college appeal. Items for fundraising Auction required. Calling all coffee drinkers for our coffee project. Full Details.

• Fresh Water Well Finished
  A large village of over 200 people situated 23km from the nearest main town. Most of the villages are farmers or day labourers needing employment and housing. Now they have clean, fresh water. View Photos.

• Fresh Water Well Finished
  A small village of about 50 people who struggle to have sufficient food and nourishment for their families. With a bore well, they are at least able to have clean, fresh water. View Photos.

• News Health Report
  More than 20,000 children are carrying the polio virus. AIDS is on track to kill more people than the 1970 small pox epidemic. Full Details.

• Fund Raising Dinner
  Food, fun and fanfare auction dinner: Saturday November 11th 2006 from 7.00 pm at Kew RSL, 63 Cotham Road, Kew. Cost will be $40 per head, soft drinks provided, other drinks available at cost. Bookings now open. Full Details.
  
  
• Living Water Newsletter Issue 1
  Jacob’s Well Living Water August 2006 Newsletter. Full Details.
  
  
• Wells Project Report
  3 July 2006 First well and pump completed, providing much needed clean water. View Photos.
  
  
• Field Report
  8 June 2006 there are 1000 orphans in the Koraput district alone need sponsors. Wet season to begin. First stage of the Rejoice Children's Home is opened and a bore well is being sunk. Full Details.
  
  
• Building Project Report
  May 2006 Stage 3 and 4 of building completed. View Photos.
  
  
• Fund Raising Lunch
  Fund Raising Lunch at Binh Minh Restaurant. April 30th. Full Details.
  
  
• Building Project Report
  February 2006 the building project is on schedule. View Photos.
  
  
• Field Report
  9 January 2006 9 million people living in the slums of Mumbai. Full Details.
  
  
• Annual Fund Raising Dinner
  2006 Fund Raising Dinner date to be confirmed. Full Details.
  
  
• Wells Project Commencement Date Set
  The wells project scheduled to commence January 2006.
  
  
• Goats and Chickens Purchased
  December 2005 farm produce is set to increase with more goats and chickens.
  
  
• Building Work Commences
  December 2005 the brickwork on the building project has commenced and the foundations laid.
  
  
• Hostel Open
  Hostel opens July 2005 as the school year commences. Twenty-three children from the ‘forgotten’, poorest part of the village enjoy the privilege of learning. Some children walked 20 km to then catch a bus for the two-hour journey to come and learn.

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To continue this life saving work we need finance, sponsors, expertise and partners. Please join us and help break the poverty cycle. 100% of your donation goes directly India.* Our dedicated team of field workers ensure your donation goes to the area of greatest need. Donations are fully tax-deductable.

Please download and complete our donation form – 83kb PDF and either fax +61 3 9803 6115 or post to PO Box 680 Glen Waverley Australia 3150. Cheques made payable to Jacob’s Well India.

On behalf of the villagers we thank you.

*If a tax receipt is not required. Credit card transactions incur 1.5% bank fee.