Fight childhood disease with safe drinking water

 Cholera is still a dangerous killer of children in Haiti. Despite years of effort from big international organizations, over 5000  poor rural families suffer from its effects every year. and hundreds of young children die.  But cholera is still not the worst threat to children there.  Many times more children die from dehydration  and diarrhea caused by other organisms than cholera in the drinking water.   Focusing just on cholera misses most of the sick children.
The tragedy is that these illnesses and deaths are entirely preventable, by the simplest, least expensive of methods.  Washing hands with soap, using a safe latrine and purifying drinking water cost pennies and saves more lives. Agua Pura works directly with families one on one to provide them with ways to protect themselves from these deadly diseases.

Agua Pura has begun to work with local colleges throughout Haiti developing teams of volunteers to go to neighboring communities and help the families there have safe water.  These altruistic, civic-minded young students are well trained to test drinking water for pathogens and to show the families how to purify their water.  They distribute inexpensive, reusable, Water Pasteurization Indicators that shows when the water is safe to drink.
We are proud of the work these students are doing and we continue to support them in their projects.  Donors to Agua Pura like you can also be proud that your contributions are making such a direct impact on the lives of families throughout Haiti and all of Latin America. CAN YOU CONSIDER DONATING AGAIN TO HELP US IN THIS VITAL WORK?  As you know, we are all volunteers and every dollar our small organization receives goes directly to helping families and young children.
Thank you very much.

Tom Carter

You can see more of our work on our website: Agua Pura Para El Pueblo