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SUSTAINABLE WATER SOLUTIONS
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| Worldwaterworks Limited was
established to provide a means of purifying contaminated water
in the early aftermath of natural or manmade disasters. The
Water-Survival Box was designed to meet that need and to
supply a family of four with clean water for up to one year.
Thereafter in most cases local communities are able to revert to
their previous sources of safe water supply. However, where
this is not possible a new solution must be found. Examples of
this are the sinking of boreholes to access clean water from
subterranean aquifers, construction of sand dams, etc. Through
our increasing network of contacts we are identifying
communities in need of more sustainable solutions to the
provision of clean water. At the 2010 Annual General Meeting
of Worldwaterworks Limited the trustees agreed to expand their
remit to allow funds to be used for sustainable solutions as
well as the provision of disaster relief. Examples of our activity in this area are shown in this section of the website: |
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Uganda, in partnership with the Nile Vocational Institute and the Rotary Club of the Source of the Nile, Jinja – support for a pilot vocational training course in water management for young Ugandans culminating in the construction of a village tube well. This course could become a regular feature of the Institute’s curriculum and has the potential to be rolled out across Uganda and beyond. |
| Sri Lanka in partnership with the Fondation Suisse de Deminage – support for a mine-clearance team working in the north of the country to clear unexploded ordnance and other debris of war from family and community wells so that returning refugees could access clean water and reoccupy the villages they had been forced to flee from up to 25 years previously. |
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Horn of Africa in partnership with Save The
Children – a possible long-term supply of Water-Survival Boxes
in N E Kenya to improve the quality of water available to
communities living in the Districts bordering Ethopia and
Somalia and the refugees from both countries as they travel
through the area en route to the refugee camps at Dadaab.
Report from, Save the Children |
