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Our Process

Unity
We are better together. This saying is something that we we strongly believe which is why it is important for us to know those we partner with and for them to know us. When unity exists and the roles of the relationship is defined clearly, there is so much we can do together.

Education
It's one thing to give someone a filter, it's another to educate and train our local leaders how to use it. Sustainability is a huge factor for us. We have over the years learned best practices in making sure the filters are continuing to being used and maintained appropriately.

Clean Water
Over 700 million people live without access to clean drinking water. Unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation cause more deaths each year than all forms of violence, including war.* Children are especially vulnerable to this -- their small bodies can’t handle the intense dehydration from diarrheal diseases.

"Some 829,000 people are estimated to die each year from diarrhea as a result of unsafe drinking-water, sanitation, and hand hygiene. Yet diarrhea is largely preventable, and the deaths of 297,000 children aged under 5 years could be avoided each year if these risk factors were addressed." - W.H.O. (https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/drinking-water)

We have found a viable solution that can last a long time. All we need is for people like yourself to come alongside and help provide clean water now!

Below is the strategy to providing clean water to those in need.

We provide local leaders with water filters. Those local leaders go out and distribute to their people.

The Filter?

The water filter we use comes from Sawyer. The filter is, USA EPA Tested & Approved
It is also the fastest, easiest, and most cost efficient way to get pure potable water to people in need.

Filter life is 1 million gallons; has the potential to last 20+ years

Simple Design And Construction
As simple as it gets. No more digging wells if there is a water source, no constructing sand filters and no more purification chemicals. Families are able to construct and adapt their filter in literally minutes to locally found containers. The kit includes everything you need to attach the filter to any plastic bucket or container.

We have a few driving principles that take shape in the different areas around the world.

Relationships
We are not just here to give something to help someone. We are here to foster relationships with those we are serving. Relationships provide for both of us trust and sustainability as we continue to bring clean water and maintain clean water in the areas that we serve.

Hands on Training
Training starts with the local leaders sharing how to use the filter properly and how to maintain the filter properly. Each Trainer goes through our WASH program so that they are experts in teaching the families receiving the filters. When the filters are handed to the family it is very important that at least one family member demonstrates all the necessary steps needed to operate the water filter before the distribution is over.

Follow Up
Behavior change is vital to sustainability. Continuing education and refreshing the families training on how to use the filter is another key component to our success. Which is why all of our Leaders go back to the distributed location to check on the filters and how the families are doing. Our goal is for this to happen every 1-3 months. Granted not all follow ups are possible due to dangerous locations but we have key point people who are available to be reached in case issues arise with the filtration.

Tracking
Starting in 2020 we are now tracking all filters that we distribute through GIS technology. This enables us to see in real time where the filters are located and gives us important data to the success of the filter and the health of the family.

We have domestic teams and in country partners to helps us achieve our mission. Each country: Colombia, Uganda, El Salvador, Vietnam, Mexico, and the Caribbean have designated leadership domestically (in the United States) and in country. This allows on going communication, brainstorming, planning, improving, and follow up. We also have an amazing partnership with Sawyer (filter manufacturer) that enables us to receive filters on a timely manner so that we can continue our efforts in bringing clean water to families in need.

We have 4 places we have partnered with: Colombia, Vietnam, Uganda, and El Salvador. In all the locations we have been able to provide thousands of filters to families in need. Which means a few hundred thousand people have been impacted by our efforts. For us we are continuing what we have been doing while improving our current ways of distribution and follow up. There's more work to be done in each location that we serve and we are looking forward to continuing our efforts of providing more families access to clean water, one at a time.