August, 2008

Several Rotarians from Rotary Districts 5770 & 5790 just returned home from the Gracias A Dios area of Honduras.  Everywhere we went, we received outstanding feed back about the filters that we have deployed in their villages.
 
Two years ago we went to the small village of Rondin.  We ask them to tell us what was the biggest problem that they had in the village.  They said it was the bloody diarrhea in the children.  They realized that the bad water was causing it, and they really wanted help with the problem.  We told them we would put a filter in each home.  It took nearly a year to deliver them to the homes.  At one year later, they reported that they were using the filters.  They knew how to use the filters and how to maintain them.  They reported that the filters were helping.
 
On our recent trip, we went to Rondin again.  We ask them how the filters were doing.  We ask if the filters were helping with the diarrhea problem.  The told us that there is no longer any diarrhea in the children.  The problem is cured!  This made us feel really good.  It also confirmed our confidence in the water filters.
 
As we return each year, our clubs ask us if there is still a need for more filters in the area of Gracias A Dios.  We met with the health officials in Puerto Leimpera.  They believe that there is a need for possibly 10,000 more water filters.  We have pledged to continue to do what we can.
 

I want to thank you for all that Pure Water for the World is doing for mankind!
 
Tom Sheriff
 
PS: We are scheduled in the near future to do presentations to both districts 5890 and 5750 about our filter projects in Honduras