Project Sierra Leone

Water supply in Sierra Leone is characterized by limited access to safe drinking water. Majority of rural population must use traditional sources for drinking water: rivers, lakes, ponds, streams. The Waves For Water team will teach rural peoples how to filter water to make it safe to drink.

Waves For Water has teamed up with Tiffany Persons founder of "Shine On Sierra Leone" who's mission is to shine a light on Sierra Leone’s need by creating sustainable programs to promote thriving self-sufficient communities. Shine On Sierra Leone has received $10,000 from employees and management of Mellmo, a San Diego tech company, resulting in contracting Waves For water to design and implement SOSL's first clean-water project . As a result of this partnership, in first week of May,we are bringing an awesome solution: 100 clean-water systems, each giving access to safe drinking water to over a hundred people for many years to come. Each filter can deliver up to one million gallons of water, cleaned to higher standards than typical bottled water. With additional funding we will install rainwater harvesting tanks and gutters the SOSL school in time to take advantage of coming rainy season.