About Breakthrough Water
Breakthrough Water brings clean water closer to communities in India and Sri Lanka. It began in June 2012 with one well in Makkuva, Andhra Pradesh, and has grown to 220 completed wells. Breakthrough Water is the flagship humanitarian program of Wisdom For Asia Ministries, Inc., a 501(c)(3) public charity.
How a Well Comes to Be
Every well begins with trusted local partners. They visit each location and work with community and local government leaders to confirm the need. Each project is reviewed before it moves forward. Experienced drilling companies do the work, and our team follows every project through to completion. Whenever possible, Abraham travels to see the finished well and open it with the people it serves.
After the Well Opens
Each completed well is handed over to the community and the local government, who care for it from day to day. Communities often come together to handle minor repairs. Our partners keep traveling through these regions, and when a significant problem is reported, we work to help resolve it.
Our Commitment
We report only what our records confirm. Our public figures are rounded and conservative, and we never estimate missing data into the totals. We use authentic photographs from the field, protect the privacy of the communities we serve, and keep donor information confidential. Every gift is received by Wisdom For Asia and designated to Breakthrough Water, and every donor receives an acknowledgment of their gift.
Meet the Founder
Abraham Thomas is the founder and president of Wisdom For Asia. In 2012, he began Breakthrough Water, now its flagship humanitarian program.
Abraham grew up in Kerala, India, in a family without a well of its own. Morning and evening, he and his sisters crossed the road to draw water from a Hindu neighbor’s well, a kindness he has never forgotten.
In 2012, while visiting his friend Paul in a remote village in India, Abraham saw again how hard people were struggling to get clean water. It brought back his own childhood and the neighbor who had opened her well to his family. That memory kindled a passion to help Paul’s village have water of its own, and in time, tens of thousands of others.
Since then, Abraham has traveled thousands of kilometers to some of the most remote villages in India and Sri Lanka, working to bring clean drinking water within a short walk of people’s homes. He believes access to clean water is a basic human right, and that when a village has it, daily life changes for everyone.
Help Build the Next Well
Every gift helps bring clean water within reach of another village.