This past week, Project Las Americas has donated a water filter to the Club! The website says about the water filter; "A sixty dollar investment can empower a family to produce their own potable water for fifty years with the BioSand water filter, developed by Dr. Dave Manz. A simple and effective means to reduce child mortality in developing countries. The combination of the robust and sustainable technology with a comprehensive Technology Transfer Intervention model has brought safe drinking water to thousands of families. Filtration is a simple process which is followed by post-chlorination. The beneficiaries use the water to drink, cook, clean and bath. The filter can produce in excess of 100 gallons per day which exceeds the usual needs of a family. Filters are also installed in schools and other institutions serving lager groups. Due to the combined efforts of all alliance partners, as of 2008, 18,000 families had access to potable water in the Dominican Republic via the BioSand filter. Project Las Americas made a ten year commitment to working towards the elimination of water born diseases. We hope to cooperate and assist others to take this technology to other developing countries."
We will have classes of the importance of clean water for good health and sanitation, and instructions on how to use and implement the water filter program. I am so excited! Everyone who has been here knows the terrible conditions the people live in and the lack of clean water is number one on the list of problems. What a tremendous gift to our club. Thank you!!!!
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