Pure Water for the World

Why We Do What We Do

In this section we will give some examples of personal stories about our work.

A mother and baby visited a doctor because of the baby’s constant diarrhea. The doctor recommended giving the baby only Culligan (treated) water. Their family lived far  from Gonaives, Haiti – the nearest city. To fetch clean water, her husband needed to travel all the way to Gonaives to purchase a jar (5 gallons) of [...] Read more »

I noticed the huge eyes of her youngest daughter. I commented about how frail she looked and the mom immediately began to tell me that Digna has had diarrhea for the past 8 days. She was so weak, she couldn’t even stand on her own and her skin had no elasticity because of dehydration. Read more »

Yerlin Edith, a 10-year-old girl from the village of Rio Abajo in Honduras, used to stay home from school several days at a time crying, hoping the pain in her stomach would pass. She couldn’t eat. Read more »

A man standing on his front porch with his shy, smiling daughter standing behind him explained with a beaming face how proud he was of his filter and what it meant to him and his family. He explained that his daughter had been diagnosed with a kidney disease and he was told that she was going to die. Read more »

According to a nurse in charge of the health center for the 300-home community of San Matais, Honduras, diarrhea was by far the number one malady that they treated prior to the filters being installed. Read more »

In the community of Lomas Limpia, Honduras, they have a water system that is made up of a series of pipes collecting surface water from springs. The water is contaminated and carries a lot of sediment. Luis, an officer of the community water board, and his wife Gravero Espinal, explained that their two young girls had regular problems with their kidneys, infections, and abdominal pain. Read more »

From the community of Guyacan, Honduras, we learned that the approximate annual costs of treating illnesses related to drinking bad water for a family is at least 3000 lempira a year. Since the installation of the water filters, people have saved this money so that it can be used for other purposes. Read more »

In the village of La Concepcion, Honduras, the following conversation was held with Suyapa Gudal, a young mother. There were 4 people living in her house, two were children ages 6 & 9. Last year every 2 to 3 months there were health problems. Sometimes the local health center had medicines to resolve the problems but sometime they did not. Read more »

At a meeting at the school in San Geronimo, Honduras, attended by 8 women and 2 men, I asked how much the people in the village now valued their filters. I asked, “How much would you sell your filters for?” First there was silence as they thought that they had to sell the filters. Read more »

In the village of Potrerillo, Honduras, the doctors used to offer parasite treatment every 6 months to children. But after the second month of regular use of the filters and the implementation of our parasite treatment, there has been no call or need for parasitic treatment by the rotating doctors serving this community. Read more »