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Mission: To Share Clean Water With Those In Need

Mission: To Share Clean Water With Those In Need. Sharing the Water of Life …. … one community at a time!. Three million people die each year from preventable, water-related illness – and most are infants and young children One billion people have no access to clean water

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Mission: To Share Clean Water With Those In Need

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  1. Mission: To Share Clean Water With Those In Need

  2. Sharing the Water of Life … … one community at a time!

  3. Three million people die each year from preventable, water-related illness – and most are infants and young children One billion people have no access to clean water The lack of available clean water is the crisis of this millennium and must be addressed on multiple fronts Take a moment to think of your life without clean water:

  4. Summary statement: Living Waters for the World trains and equips mission teams to share the gift of clean, sustainable water with communities in need.

  5. The Living Waters for the World niche: Placement of community-based water treatment systems that are simple, sustainable and affordable

  6. The Living Waters for the World niche: Placement of community-based water treatment systems that are simple, sustainable and affordable Emphasis on strong partnership development between those providing and those receiving the water treatment system

  7. The Living Waters for the World niche: Placement of community-based water treatment systems that are simple, sustainable and affordable Emphasis on strong partnership development between those providing and those receiving the water treatment system Emphasis on a ‘train the trainer’ model for installing and maintaining the water treatment system and for leading ongoing health and hygiene education

  8. Where Living Waters for the World systems are currently placed:

  9. Clean water systems in 19 countries: Where we are: Haiti Honduras India Belize Nicaragua Bolivia Peru Brazil Philippines Dominican Republic Thailand Kenya El Salvador United States Madagascar Ghana Venezuela Mexico Guatemala * as of February 2009

  10. We treat available but contaminated water sources, leveraging innovative technology Purpose: bacteriological disinfection; removal of chlorine-resistant organisms Design: batch treatment process with an integrated bottling station Process capacity: 300 gallons per cycle over one hour Components: filtration, microfiltration and UV/ozone Installation Cost: approx. $2800 Operational Cost: $0.01 per gallon Living Waters for the World Standard Treatment System

  11. Haiti

  12. Typical Street View of Suburban AreaNear Port au Prince (Pre-Earthquake)

  13. St. Saveur Episcopal ChurchLes Cayes, HaitiJune, 2012

  14. Les Cayes, Haiti Initiating Partner: • FondrenPresbyterian Church In partnership with: • Second Presbyterian Church, Little Rock, Arkansas • The Walker Foundation, Jackson, Mississippi • Wyoming Presbyterian Church, Milburn, New Jersey

  15. Les Cayes, Haiti

  16. ARRIVAL AT LES CAYES Building construction complete Solar panels and support pole erected

  17. “Typical”Trip Three Teams: • Water/Solar System Installation • Health and Hygiene Teaching • Water/Solar Surveys

  18. Team 1 Water/Solar Installation

  19. Team 1

  20. Team 1

  21. Team 1

  22. Team 1

  23. Team2 Health and hygiene teaching • 6 community leaders were selected for training

  24. Team 2

  25. Team 2 • Variety of techniques used to emphasize water-bornebacteria • Class members were eventually asked to demonstrateteaching clean water principles to the group

  26. Team 2

  27. Team 2

  28. Team 2

  29. Team 2 • Class members were eventually asked to demonstrateteaching clean water principles to the group • Variety of techniques used to emphasize water-bornebacteria

  30. Team 2

  31. Team 3 Survey Team: • Team members visited nearby sites to perform water and solar surveys • Episcopal church at Torbeck • Church/school at Chavaneau • Prepare the way for future installations

  32. Team 3

  33. Team 3

  34. Contamination Testing

  35. Mid-Week Water/Solar Installation: • Work continues • Tank plumbing and connections • Well pump installation • Electrical connections

  36. Installation Continues

  37. Installation Continues

  38. Replacement of Well Pump

  39. Dedication Day Morning Worship Service

  40. Dedication Day Dedication Service

  41. Dedication Day

  42. Dedication Day

  43. Dedication Day

  44. The Completed System

  45. Why Haiti? • 10,000,000 population • No national or regional water purification systems • 44% have no access to any form of improved water source • No national, regional, or municipal sanitary sewer systems exist in Haiti • Only private sewer treatment (septic) systems • Churches, church schools, private residences • Only 22% have access to any form of improved sanitary sewer system

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