Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 16:22:53 PM PST
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| Every year there are 1.7 million deaths, mainly children under the age of five, due to diarrhea caused by unsafe water.
And there is no reason that it has to be that way.
The tiniest fraction of of the global economy could solve this and all similar problems. But for now, if we can't be globally organized enough to take care of each other, we can do things individually and in smaller groups.
In your own life, there is probably someway that you can help with water purification. And here are a group of people doing a great deal: Potters for Peace.
For free, if you are in an area where filtration is poor, or non-existent, you can see and study the water filtration system they have designed.
The filter design used by PFP was developed by Dr. Fernando Mazariegos of the Central American Industrial Research Institute (ICAITI) in Guatemala, in 1981. The goal was to make bacterially contaminated water safe for the poorest of the poor by developing a low cost filter which could be fabricated at the community level.
And the organization can become much more helpful and involved than that:
Education, health training and follow-up are critical to the successful introduction of the CWP into rural communities. Potters for Peace has developed materials in several languages; brochures, decals and a manual of procedures which can be provided to the local partner for this work.
If you would like to know more and help out, study their page here : http://pottersforpeace.org/?pa... for options and contact information.
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| blueplanet :: HEROES :: FREE CLEAN WATER IN POOR REGIONS: POTTERS FOR PEACE |
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