We have recently partnered with Water Matters whose mission is to bring clean, safe water to those in need around the world. If maintained properly, these Sawyer filters can provide a family of 10 with safe water for approximately 15 years!
We took 10 filters with us in January and gave one to each of the staff of UWCM and taught them how to assemble and maintain (back-wash) the filters. They, like us, were absolutely amazed at how such a small filter could transform filthy dirty river water into clean, safe drinking water within minutes! Each of them are now using the filters at home and in the office and these are some of their comments:
“Since we started using the filter, no-one has fallen sick because of drinking un-boiled water”
“I can now collect water from a nearby spring which I previously considered unsafe and this has cut down a lot on the time it takes me to fetch water”
We took a filter to demonstrate to a women’s group and they were amazed to see clear water being filtered from such a filthy source and, as you can imagine, they are very excited at the prospect of having one of their own. The project is in the early stages and the next phase will be to give filters to a women’s group for UWCM to train and monitor in partnership with Water Matters.
We are incredibly thankful to Water Matters for choosing to work with us and with UWCM and pray that this project will be a success.
Uganda Concern UK 