How about bringing more life to this much-needed country?

Moçambique - Water is life

Two years ago I had my first experience traveling in Asia alone. It didn't take long for me to fall in love with the places I went and the people I met. However, as I traveled around a part of me always felt guilty. I was having the time of my life. I was connecting with locals (many of which didn't even speak english). I was trekking/diving and exploring some of the most beautiful landscapes in the world. I felt like I was taking a lot and had no ability to give back or show my appreciation. For this reason I have decided to become a carrier for my new upcoming travels. Not only will this allows me to give back in meaningful ways to the communities I visit, it will also create long lasting impacts that will continue to help the places I go to long after I have left.

Friends For Filters (FFF)

Hi friends/family,

I’ll be traveling to South Africa and Mozambique from late April until late May. Cyclone Idai inflicted catastrophic damage on Mozambique in early March; since then, thousands of people have been left with nothing and access to clean drinking water has become incredibly challenging for many people there.

My plan is to bring several water filters to affected areas in Mozambique where access to clean drinking water is limited. I have experience with humanitarian projects in disaster/war zones and I'm looking forward to using my experience towards serving others in Mozambique. Some of these filters may also go to townships in South Africa where access to clean water is also a challenge. 

Each water filter costs $35, and I plan to distribute them strategically with regards to where I’ll be on my travels. Thank you for your consideration and donations.

Operation Mozambique

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) has become a major health problem in rural Sri Lanka . Its widely exist in the North Central province , Uva province , Eastern province ... So i choose to my project one city called Anuradhapura which is in North Central Province . In this city have many rural village , some are very rustic village no clean water even therefore some peoples suffering with this chronic disease . Many peoples livings here are farmers they are very poor people . some places i have seen selling water to the people but people can not buy every day bcz they are helpless .As a health records in this case over 1100 CKD patients are hospitalized per month . So i decided to choose some of rural village from north central province for my project firstly i hope to help over 2000 people who living widely effected area this disease by sharing filters to get better their life . Thanks .

clean water for who suffering with chronic kidney disease In Sri Lanka

The family crew of SV Beach Flea will distribute water filter kits as we sail our boat from Australia to Java. Our teenage kids, Abby & Luke, will manage this project with oversight from their parents Greg & Lisa.

Sunda Islands of Indonesia

Providing potable water for individual families in Kiribati in conjunction with antibiotics to treat intestinal worms.

Standup Kiribati

A new report from the World Bank just landed!!! Madagascar (77.6%) is the epicenter of global extreme poverty. being the poorest country on the planet despite its biological and cultural richness!!!! In the western world, we take it for granted that we have access to clean water, food, and education. These are the essential basics which allow us to create the future we desire.

Malagasy are some of the poorest people on earth, more than 70 percent of them are living on less than a dollar a day. Mada Collective, created in 2017, makes a commitment to improve the life of the Vezo tribe, semi nomadic people of fishermen and hunters, on the south-west coast of Madagascar. This western magnificent and very isolated region of Madagascar suffers urgent not filled basic needs: semi nomadic population living in great poverty, drought, diseases, no health infrastructures nearby nor basic services (water, electricity). 

Families who live in isolated villages DO NOT have access to clean drinking water. Wells are contaminated with bacteria and viruses, and those who drink that water are exposing themselves to diseases. Most have no alternative to drinking the contaminated water. This is the daily reality in most parts of Madagascar. They need to trek across harsh terrain to reach a distant well for hours every single day. Water is a basic necessity for survival, and 88 percent of people in Madagascar do not have access to improved sanitation. Over 2,100 children a year die from diarrhea because of unsafe and poor water quality in Madagascar.

My vision is to provide educational opportunities by repairing schools and offering scholarships to the most needy children in Madagascar via my business Mada collective and enhance some villages/schools self-sufficiency through safe and clean water via ''WAVES OF WATER''. Mada collective would like to raise awareness of challenges that ordinary Malagasy face today and how we can come together to extend a helping hand to make a difference in the lives of Malagasy children in need. My trip to Madagascar was a deeply profound one because it pulled me out of my bubble and made me remember that there is stark inequality in the world and made me want to do more about it.

I will be doing the deliveries myself every year around oct/nov to some of the most remote places in South west Madagascar.
WATER IS LIFE! Misaotra. Thank you.

Madagascar needs our help

Due to the collapse of the electric and water service in Venezuela, millions are in need of running water. Caracas is especially affected given that there is no water source in the valley. With no response from the government as to when the service will be reinstated, and taking into consideration that we are currently in the dry season, it has become increasingly difficult to find water. Desperate people have been collecting drainage water to fulfill their basic needs, which is terrifying, considering the lack of medicines and collapse of the health sector. Not even hospitals are getting clean water.

Potable Water for Caracas 

Hello!

We're Liz & Jeremy from New Zealand, together with our young sons Noah (aged 7) and Tyler (aged 5) we like to travel, especially by overland vehicle.  We've become an ambassador for 'waves for water' with the hopes to deliver water filters to local communities and schools that lack access to clean drinking water.

We aim to give back through doing what we love, and as waves for water states, there are so many problems in the world that are seemingly unsolvable, water is not one of them.  These water filters are designed to eliminate waterborne diseases, cysts, and parasites which causes sickness and death to young kids the same age as our two boys.  More than 800 million people worldwide don't have access to clean drinking water and it's estimated that 4,000 children die each day from a lack of safe water.

We want to change that. We want to teach our boys that anything is possible if you are just willing to try.

We're starting with a goal of 50 filters. 50 filters will impact 5,000 people, (that makes my heart sing) and each filter provides over 1 million gallons of safe drinking water and lasts for 5 years.  We will cover all costs of buckets and on the ground logistics, and will keep you updated with who we impact. 

Please help us create change, maybe by giving up your week of coffee's or donating the cost of a meal out. You can save a precious life by donating $50 ($35 usd) for a filter to provide clean safe drinking water. 

Thank you for your love and support of our journey. Together we can be the change. Liz xx

(To find out more, and/or to follow our journey please visit us at Instagram @forestandseas)

For Water//Forest and Seas

Just miles inland from the paradise beaches and luxurious hotels of southern Baja Mexico's shorelines, are the rural, poverty-stricken, shantytowns that the majority of Baja residents call home. Here, residents collect untreated water from unprotected sources and as a result, run the unacceptably high risk of contracting dangerous waterborne illnesses.

We will be traveling to Todos Santos in March of 2019, and would like to raise funds to distribute at least 25 water filters, that will potentially impact over 2500 people, to these rural, poverty-stricken areas outside of the shoreline's high life and tourist attractions!

My 15-year old twins girls will take the lead of fundraising these filters. Please consider donating a filter or two!

Todos Santos - Clean Water and Turtle Hatchling Release Project

**The Numbers:**
In Sub-Saharan Africa, 43 per cent of children drink unsafe water and one in five die before their fifth birthday.

A lack of clean water and basic sanitation is responsible for 1.6 million preventable child deaths each year. 

**Intro:** 
We are three young men that are travelling from Cape Town to Cairo in a mission to make a small difference to these statistics. We will be changing the lives of thousands of African Children by providing them with clean drinking water. 

**Our Plan:**
To distribute the Waves for Water filters to schools and communities within extremely rural communities in Africa as there are millions of Africans still without access to clean drinking water, often leading to disease and/or the untimely death of the youth.
We encourage **YOU** to consider helping save the lives of 1000's of African children, by making a small donation to the cause.

**We will be taking photos and videos of the distribution so that you can see the difference that you are making to the lives of these children.**

Water 4 African Schools

Roxie and I have decided to take a 10 day journey to Bali in April.  While taking part in what we are sure will be a life changing event we also wanted to give back to the Bali Community. Please help support our efforts to help make a positive change in the lives of some beautiful children.  We will be donating water filtration systems with the help of Waves for Water.    www.wavesforwater.org

Love,

Roxie and Julie

Here is information obtained from the UNICEF Indonesia page. (https://www.unicef.org/indonesia/wes.html)



Every year around 150,000 children die in Indonesia before they can celebrate their fifth birthday, in most cases from preventable causes linked to diarrhea and pneumonia.  

Over 50 million Indonesians don’t use toilets, which is the second highest number of any country in the world (India is the largest). Open defecation leaves excreta where flies or playing children can carry it into the household and it also can lead to contamination of drinking water with fecal matter.  

Around 88 per cent of deaths caused by diarrhea are linked to incomplete water, sanitation and hygiene provision. 

Diarrhea rates are higher by 66 per cent in young children from families practicing open defecation in rivers or streams than those in households with a private toilet facility and septic tank. Children in households practicing unsafe disposal of child feces are 19 per cent more likely to have diarrhea.

On average, 20 per cent of Indonesians defecate in the open. However, in rural areas this is as high as 29 per cent compared to 13 percent in urban areas.

Approximately 1 in 8 Indonesian households do not have access to safe drinking water sources and in rural areas access to piped water is still below 10 per cent. A joint Government and UNICEF survey in Yogya Province in 2015 showed huge water quality problems with 2 out of 3 drinking water samples contaminated with fecal bacteria.

Contaminated water has been shown to have a detrimental impact on children’s long-term health, nutritional and educational outcomes. Approximately 9 million Indonesian children are stunted (short for their age). Stunting odds are 1.4 times greater without improved sanitation.


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