The Rotary Club of Amherst is committed to seeing change come to the people of Cité Soleil, Haiti. Cité Soleil is regarded as the worst slum in the western hemisphere today. With over 400,000 people living in abject poverty, and very few options for clean water, the majority of families are forced to drink contaminated Continue reading
They say a picture is worth a 1,000 words. Photos capture an image. They evoke emotion. They tell a story. Deciding which photos to use depends upon the messages we want to convey. How do we use the power of photography to honor the subject and the people, while, at the same time, motivating those Continue reading
As told by Carolyn Meaub As the truck lurched, seeking traction against the mud-slick road, I held on, white-knuckled, to the lip of the truck bed and tried my hardest not to fly over the side. The tires caught, and we jerked forward. I felt a sense of relief when I landed still in the Continue reading
It’s Blog Action Day – a day that calls thousands of bloggers from more than 100 countries to come together for global dialogue. This year, the topic is inequality. It’s not hard to imagine the stark inequalities associated with water, sanitation and hygiene access around the world. And this Blog Action Day, Pure Water for Continue reading
October 15 marks the seventh Global Handwashing Day – an international campaign to motivate and mobilize millions to wash their hands with soap. This year, as the Ebola crisis largely preoccupies the global health community, UNICEF states that the fight against Ebola further underscores the importance of handwashing for disease prevention. “Handwashing with soap is Continue reading
In only one day, 200 million work hours are consumed by women and girls collecting water for their families. According to water.org, that’s equivalent to the labor needed to construct 28 Empire State Buildings. It’s also equivalent to about 28,571,428 days of school. Imagine if all those hours could be put toward girls’ education. October Continue reading
As told by Katie Reed On September 10th Honduras celebrated Children’s Day. The team was invited to a nearby school in Cayantu to participate in their festivities. We had such a great time! We arrived to see the school decorated with balloons and signs, one even thanking Pure Water for the World. The children, teachers, Continue reading
As told by Katie Reed August was a busy month here in Trojes. We were inundated with visitors from all over! Mid-August, a group from Maine came to conduct a study on a few of our filters. They are very interested in the efficiency of a new technology Pure Water began using a few years Continue reading