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Biosand Water Filters are an old technology, but that’s good news! In rural India, where the villagers don’t even have a city tap system to partially filter out harmful chemicals (in the cities, these hardly do anything but rural villages don’t even have this small protection)…
We’ve found, to our amazement, that only one other organization in the world is utilizing water testing before they come into a village and drill a well, build a tap…
The right to water is really the right to life and livelihood. Just as we cannot live without water, a country cannot survive if it is water-stressed. This resource determines our …
2021 marks our fourth Clean Water Training so far! These trainings have two major parts: classroom teaching and practical hands-on experience. In the classroom setting, we use videos and flashcards to teach about …
Bio-Sand Training Update We are moving forward with our clean water training in early 2021. Water quality in India, especially in the rural northern regions, is a major need. We …
Our last clean water training was a success, with over thirty people trained from six different clusters of villages throughout Northern India. This fall, we are launching our fourth training where we will teach about hygiene, proper sanitation, and bio-sand filters.
Aan gathered with his neighbors both men and women from all over the region packed in the clearing of one village. An air of expectancy hung over the crowd so thickly that he could feel it. Today was a day that would change their lives. Today
was their graduation, and today was the day they would all return home and begin something new.
Once the sand layers were separated into piles, Wafiq folded a tarp several times to mix the excess materials into concrete. Electricity would have made mixing much less difficult, but that was a luxury Wafiq had never had.
The garments I wear now are already sticking to my skin and soaked through with sweat and grime in several places. Both my younger sisters would love a chance to splash around in the old plastic tub we found in the rubbage heap awhile back, washing the filth and grime away and getting rid of that
all-persistent stink that clings to our clothes.
Global Helps Network has produced 25 bio-sand water filter units in partnership with the Center for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST) and we are looking to build more this coming year.