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I don't know if this is the place for this or not but here goes.
As a few of you know I have been spending some time east Africa the past few years. My church has gotten heavily involved in building orphanages, clinics, and schools in Kenya. Right now we feed 1,100 orphans a day and house over 600 in 7 different locations. We also have two new orphanages under construction.
I was there in Oct and I will be back this summer leading a group. Recently while in a meeting discussing the various projects we have going we started discussing water purification for several of the areas we have feeding stations, orphanages, and clinics. Our preference is that we use deep well water wells but this is not always possible. Several of the areas in the mountain regions have good, reliable water, but it is not safe to drink.
So I would like to start a discussion on water purification for 100 + people in a developing country.
What I am looking for is a reliable system that can be made and or purchased in country and would not be hard to fix and or get parts for. I am not as worried about up front costs as I am reliability. We have developed a good network of people willing to pay initial upfront costs but it is useless if the system is expensive to maintain or use. Our goal is a system that can be as self sustainable as possible. What we need is a system to put in our orphanages to provide clean drinking water. Each orphanage houses from 60-115 people and already has a rainwater collection system and full solar power. Some are close to wood gathering places for fuel others are not, some are close to towns, some are not. All are in Kenya and we want every one of them to have clean water for the children.
Can you help?
I don't know if this is the place for this or not but here goes.
As a few of you know I have been spending some time east Africa the past few years. My church has gotten heavily involved in building orphanages, clinics, and schools in Kenya. Right now we feed 1,100 orphans a day and house over 600 in 7 different locations. We also have two new orphanages under construction.
I was there in Oct and I will be back this summer leading a group. Recently while in a meeting discussing the various projects we have going we started discussing water purification for several of the areas we have feeding stations, orphanages, and clinics. Our preference is that we use deep well water wells but this is not always possible. Several of the areas in the mountain regions have good, reliable water, but it is not safe to drink.
So I would like to start a discussion on water purification for 100 + people in a developing country.
What I am looking for is a reliable system that can be made and or purchased in country and would not be hard to fix and or get parts for. I am not as worried about up front costs as I am reliability. We have developed a good network of people willing to pay initial upfront costs but it is useless if the system is expensive to maintain or use. Our goal is a system that can be as self sustainable as possible. What we need is a system to put in our orphanages to provide clean drinking water. Each orphanage houses from 60-115 people and already has a rainwater collection system and full solar power. Some are close to wood gathering places for fuel others are not, some are close to towns, some are not. All are in Kenya and we want every one of them to have clean water for the children.
Can you help?
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