Clean Water

The students in their clean water seminar 

Clean water is so important. We know this because we have been told in the west to drink it and drink a lot of it. It's the best medicine for any sickness and prevention to many diseases. Here in Tanzania clean, safe drinking water only exists on store shelves or after extensive boiling. Tanzanians don't buy or boil because bottles are expensive and wood for fires is costly too.  So, they chance it. They deal with diarrhea on a daily bases. They spend money that they don't have on doctors and medicine and they live with it knowing there are no options.

Putting together their filters

The women (our students) each get educated about clean water and the many benefits of having a filter in their home. They gain understanding that the water they are using now is harmful and puts them and their family's at risk.  They also are trained in other ways to clean and purify their water such as boiling and buying but in the end they realize that the cheapest most effective way to bring safe water into their homes is through a filter.  They also learn about the financial benefits of clean water. They spend less time sick, less time going to doctors and less money on medicine.

Jennifer VanderGalien (SAL Founder) pitching in

After our training all the women want to purchase a filter.  We sell the filters to the women at a very low cost but must charge them something so that they will cherish it and use it. Last week we trained 11 new students on clean water and distributed 11 water filters. There are now 11 new families in Tanzania that have access to safe, clean water.

If you are interested in donating a water filter to Shining a Light please go to our website www.shiningalight.org and donate $45 for a Sawyer water Filter. Your donation of $45 will alert us that you want to purchase a filter so that an entire family in Tanzania can have clean water.