Physical Health Mexico Project #9428

Fight childhood disease with safe drinking water

by Agua Pura Para El Pueblo

Project Report | Apr 8, 2021
Help Families One Hand Washing Station At A Time

By Tom Carter | Executive Director, Agua Pura

Hand washing stations for families

What if you had to choose between water to drink and water to wash your hands? What if water was really expensive and difficult to obtain? What if you were trying to protect your family from diseases like Covid-19? This is a terrible choice facing families throughout the world. With water so precious, families can’t afford to waste it.
With the strong support from donors like you, Agua Pura has fought for over 10 years to help families have safe drinking water and the ability to protect themselves against disease. And, when the Covid-19 pandemic started, it only increased the urgency to provide that help.
One simple solution we have provided is a large bucket that families can fill with non-potable water to use for hand washing with soap near a latrine or kitchen. It has a tap so that water can be dispensed slowly and not wasted. Families can then catch that wash water to water their gardens. When these hand washing stations are placed near a latrine they are used and families stay healthier and more protected against disease.
In Mexico we started a campaign last fall to provide hand washing stations to vulnerable families in several parts of the country. Thanks to GlobalGiving donors, over 200 families- with more than 1300 women and children- have received the stations along with soap and locally made face masks. Community health workers distribute the supplies along with health programs for the families. When schools reopen in Mexico, we will expand our program to provide hand washing stations for them as well.
Thank you again for your continued support over the last 10 years, and I hope that we continue working together in the years ahead.

Please let me know your opinions and ideas, I really appreciate hearing from you, our donors.

Tom Carter
tom@aguapuraparaelpueblo.org

Wash your hands

clean hands in school

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