CLEAN WATER PRJECTS:
Clean Water Filter Project For Honduras Jungle Villages. Individual family water filters for Miskito Indian jungle villages in Honduras.

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This much needed project is the distribution of individual family water filters.  Clean water is the key to breaking the cycle of worm and parasitic infestations present in 100% of the villagers in the jungle areas we visit.  Our RTF medical teams treat the infestations but long term remedy requires clean water.

Individual family water filters are replacing our current mechanical water pumps.  (Existing pumps are wearing out too soon from overuse and in some areas the water table has dropped beyond the reach of the pumps.)

The filters are rated to provide for a family of four for two years.  The technology is well established with a manufacturing plant in Tegucigalpa, Honduras as well as Nicaragua and Cambodia.

The resident Health practitioner at our clinic in Uhsan reports 90% decrease in diarrhea since introduction of the filters in that village.

Treating worms and parasites medically is good for short term care, however long term usage often causes cirrhosis of the liver. Heart worms are very commonly water-born in less than sanitary jungle conditions.

Children under five years of age are the most vulnerable to death from water born pathogens.  To most Americans diarrhea is an inconvenience.  In jungle villages it can be a death sentence.  The very young and the very old often die of dehydration brought from diarrhea that is caused by waterborne pathogens in unsanitary water.

This program runs in concert with our clinic facility construction projects.  The water filters will be sold to villagers for about US $2.00.  The cost is about $75.00 with shipping and RTF will subsidize the cost to cashless villagers whose economy is based on barter.