"The cholera epidemic in Haiti, which began in late 2010, is bad and getting worse, for reasons that are well understood and that the aid community has done far too little to resolve. A chronic lack of access to clean water and sanitation make Haitians vulnerable to spreading sickness, especially as spring rains bring floods, as they always do. Summer hurricanes are bound to come; more misery and death will follow. The Pan American Health Organiz ... read more >
Throughout much of the world, primary care of the household falls upon women. Women prepare the food, nurture their children, see that they are clothed, and care for them when they are sick. In the developing world, women are also burdened with supplying the household with water, despite the fact that their only water supply is unfit to drink. Carmina lives in rural Honduras with her husband and four children. A few hundred yards down the hill f ... read more >
On April 20, Carolyn Meub was honored at the White House as a Champion of Change for the work she has done on behalf of Pure Water for the World. Carolyn, a member of the Rutland (VT) South Rotary Club, was among ten Rotarians from across the US to be honored for their dedication to improving lives. Rotarians and Rotary Clubs across America are not only affecting change in their hometowns but improving the lives of others in countless commu ... read more >
April 22 has, for more than 40 years, marked Earth Day—a day to increase awareness of and appreciation for the earth's natural environment. This year, Pure Water for the World will participate in two Earth Day fairs in Vermont, one in Poultney and one in Rutland. The Annual Poultney Earth Day Celebration will take place on Tuesday, April 24, from 2:30 to 5 p.m. at Poultney High School. Local food, live music and several educational activit ... read more >
New workshops offered by PWW are working to effectively integrate women more fully into the PWW training model. Recently, a new training workshop in Trojes, Honduras taught residents how to make cloth strainers for their filters. This strainer removes large particles from pre-filtered water and acts as an attractive cover for the lid of the biosand filter. PWW Program Manager Oscar Andino said that the workshop was a total success in the three c ... read more >
Rosa Rodriguez has seen first hand the challenges her neighbors face without access to safe water. A resident of the Trojes community San Francisco 1, Rodriguez is a certified traditional midwife. Through this job, she has witnessed many mothers unable to care for their sick children. “When the children are sick, they cannot go to school, and many times their mother cannot work because she has to take care of them,” she said. ... read more >
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