Look closely and you will see
the world's religions share
just one sacred symbol...

WATER

Water cleanses, purifies, and sanctifies as it plays an active role in our many rituals.

When people have water they rejoice.
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And when they do not have adequate safe water, they suffer.

​Suffering is not what our shared symbol is meant to be. 

Water offers a path to dignity for every person.

 Water offers our faiths a way to make that path possible. 

BLESSED BY WATER

Epiphany, called Timket in Ethiopia, is attended by thousands in the capital city of Addis Ababa, to celebrate the baptism of Jesus.

In this moving display, award-winning filmmaker and photographer, Haik Kocharian, has graciously allowed Faiths for Safe to present Blessed by Water, rare images of tradition, ceremony, and spirituality as celebrated by the Christian Orthodox community in Ethiopia. As we see worshipers in states of spiritual connection as they are dampened by water sprayed from towering pipes, these intimate photographs bear witness to people gathered by the joys and blessings of water. We invite you to sit quietly for a moment, enjoy these photographs, and may every one of us be blessed by water.

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Together, we can make water

the source of health & life

for all.

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Faiths for Safe Water is the only advocacy project that focuses the faith voice on water, our shared religious symbol, to help prioritize attention and funding on the global water crisis. Faiths for Safe Water is dedicated to supporting the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector and does not advocate for any particular faith or field projects. We encourage all faiths to unite around this shared symbol. support this life-saving solution, and embody interfaith at its life-giving best.