{"id":7714,"date":"2025-05-14T10:00:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T14:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/?post_type=appeal&#038;p=7714"},"modified":"2025-05-14T10:01:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T14:01:56","slug":"water2025","status":"publish","type":"appeal","link":"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/appeal\/water2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Bring Clean Water to Children Around the World [25A5WR]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:0px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:31px!important;margin-left:0px!important;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:10px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:10px!important; margin-left:0px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:31px;margin-left:0px;\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:50;line-height:1.30;\"><h2>A glass of clean water shouldn\u2019t be a miracle.<\/h2><\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every morning, Amahle walks barefoot to a river in Mozambique. The water she carries home is thick with mud. But it\u2019s the only option. Thousands of miles away, Gregorio boils water before school, hoping it\u2019s enough to keep his siblings healthy. Laila, a young girl in Nandyal, India, waits patiently in line for her turn at the only public water well in her rural village.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We don\u2019t usually think about water. We just turn on the tap. But for children like Amahle and Laila, water is the line between life and loss. <\/span><b><i>Contaminated water is a leading cause of death among children under the age of five years old!\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<h2>Our Franciscan friars are improving access to clean water:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">In <b>Mozambique<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Father Neto is ready to drill a well and build a clean water system for over 1,000 villagers. <\/span>He only <b>needs $6,600<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to make it happen.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">In the <b>Philippines<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Father Daniel has <\/span><b>raised $4,300<\/b> l<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ocally\u2014but <\/span><b>still needs $13,781<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to finish a water system for thousands of people in the Cotabato region. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">In <b>Nandyal, India, <\/b>where Laila lives, Father Madhu Reddy, OFM only <b>needs $5,500 <\/b>to drill a well and install a pumping station for this community that depends on agriculture for its survival.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:66.666666666667% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 2.88%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 2.88%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div ><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\" style=\"margin-top:20px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"562\" height=\"640\" title=\"children-washing-hands-with-clean-water\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/children-washing-hands-with-clean-water.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-7720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/children-washing-hands-with-clean-water-200x228.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/children-washing-hands-with-clean-water-400x456.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/children-washing-hands-with-clean-water.jpg 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Children at our Franciscan school for orphans in Benin, Africa, wash their hands with clean water.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:33.333333333333% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 5.76%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 5.76%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-1{ padding-top : 20px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 20px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 0px;}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\" style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:22px;\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">These projects and others are waiting. The people are praying.<\/h2>\n<\/div><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-button.button-1 {border-radius:2px;}<\/style><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/give.franciscanmissions.org\/single-donation\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Donate Today<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\" style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:22px;\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Select &#8220;[25A5WR] Bring Clean Water to Children Around the World&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-2{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;}.fusion-builder-column-2 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-2{width:100% !important;}.fusion-builder-column-2 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-2{width:100% !important;}.fusion-builder-column-2 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-2{ padding-top : 20px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 20px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 0px;}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div ><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"562\" height=\"640\" title=\"girl-getting-clean-water\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/girl-getting-clean-water.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-7716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/girl-getting-clean-water-200x228.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/girl-getting-clean-water-400x456.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/girl-getting-clean-water.jpg 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>A child fills water pails at a community tap.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-3{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-3 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 3.84%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-3{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-3 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-3{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-3 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div ><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"562\" height=\"640\" title=\"boy-with-container-of-clean-water\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/boy-with-container-of-clean-water.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-7717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/boy-with-container-of-clean-water-200x228.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/boy-with-container-of-clean-water-400x456.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/boy-with-container-of-clean-water.jpg 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>A child bringing water home from a dirty river.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-4{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-4 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 3.84%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-4{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-4 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-4{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-4 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-3{ padding-top : 20px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 20px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 0px;}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div ><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-4 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"562\" height=\"640\" title=\"two-children-pumping-water-from-a-well\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/two-children-pumping-water-from-a-well.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-7719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/two-children-pumping-water-from-a-well-200x228.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/two-children-pumping-water-from-a-well-400x456.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/two-children-pumping-water-from-a-well.jpg 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Children fill water containers at a community tap.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-5{width:33.333333333333% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-5 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 5.76%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 5.76%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-5{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-5 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-5{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-5 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"><h2>Our missionaries have held too many children whose lives could have been saved\u2014if only the water had been clean.<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\" style=\"margin-top:22px;\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In places like India, where children like Laila grow up in farming communities, the water is often laced with chemicals that harm their growing bodies and cloud their developing minds. It costs so little to make it right. But it means everything.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please share your blessings once again with our Franciscan missionaries so they can provide safe, clean drinking water to people who are desperate for it. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-6{width:66.666666666667% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-6 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 2.88%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 2.88%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-6{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-6 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-6{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-6 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-4{ padding-top : 20px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 20px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 0px;}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-5 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-7 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-10\" style=\"margin-top:40px;\"><h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Will you help bring clean water to those who need it most?<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-11\" style=\"margin-top:40px;\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Life cannot exist without safe, clean drinking water. Every dollar is a drop of life. You can make this possible!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div style=\"text-align:left;\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-button.button-2 {border-radius:2px;}<\/style><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default button-2 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/give.franciscanmissions.org\/single-donation\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-left:0px;\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Give a gift of clean water today. <\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-12\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Select &#8220;[25A5WR] Bring Clean Water to Children Around the World&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-7{width:66.666666666667% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-7 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 2.88%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 2.88%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-7{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-7 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-7{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-7 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-8 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-5 hover-type-none\" style=\"margin-top:20px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"562\" height=\"640\" title=\"fria-with-village-child-holding-a-container-of-clean-water\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fria-with-village-child-holding-a-container-of-clean-water.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-7718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fria-with-village-child-holding-a-container-of-clean-water-200x228.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fria-with-village-child-holding-a-container-of-clean-water-400x456.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fria-with-village-child-holding-a-container-of-clean-water.jpg 562w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-13\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Fr. 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