Fight childhood disease with safe drinking water

Dear Friends-
A few months ago I wrote about Hovard, a young Haitian man who has started a program of water testing and water purification in his home community near Cap Haitien.  There have been Cholera cases in his area and he is working to prevent more.  Agua Pura has trained and supported him and provided the supplies for his work.  It’s our first project in Haiti and we are proud of Hovard and what he has done.
Now there is an exciting new development to tell you about! Agua Pura Para El Pueblo has been asked to help develop a high volume water pasteurizer that can quickly provide large volumes of purified water - without electricity or expensive equipment.  We will be working with Hovard and his team to test it for safety and efficiency. It should be able to provide safe water to many families in his community.
The pasteurizer is a highly efficient wood stove designed by a partner organization, InStove.  
The stove uses a flow through coil that sits in a bath of very hot water and as the water passes through it almost immediately reaches a temperature that pasteurizes the water and makes it safe to drink.  Then as the water flows out of the pasteurizer it is cooled back to a safe temperature.  Special heat sensitive valves open and close to allow only clean drinking water to come out.
Next month Agua Pura will visit Haiti with Hovard to prepare for the pasteurizer. It will need many different things to make it successful but we are convinced it will be a big help to the families facing cholera and other serious diseases from contaminated drinking water.  There will still be many other families without access to safe water, but Agua Pura will continue to support them with Water Pasteurization Indicators and other ways to purify their water.
You can read more about this new technology on our website Agua Pura Para El Pueblo and about many of our other programs. 

Thank you so much for your support!