Southwest Florida– Hurricane ian
Southwest Florida has been devastated by hurricane Ian. Hundreds of thousands are without water and electricity. We are hand delivering water purifiers to this hard hit region. Your donation of $90 or more gives the gift of a 3000 gallon water purifier with replaceable filter for homes and first responders. A gift of $900 or more provides a 24,000 gallon capacity stainless-steel purifier with replaceable filters for schools, emergency feeding stations, and churches. We are targeting the Arcadia and Ft. Myers, Forida regions.
Here’s a detailed news article from the Palm Beach Post. Your donation of any amount will help families have the life giving water they need!
Puerto Rico – Hurricane Fiona
The entire island of Puerto Rico has been devastated by hurricane Fiona. Hundreds of thousands are without water and electricity. We are sending water purifiers to this hard hit region through Healthy Souls International. Your donation of $90 or more gives the gift of a 3000 gallon water purifier for homes and first responders. A gift of $900 or more provides a 24,000 gallon capacity stainless-steel purifier with replaceable filters for schools, emergency feeding stations, and churches.
Your donation of any amount will help families have the life giving water they need. Hurricaine Fiona has caused more widespread devistating flooding that Hurricaine Maria in 2017.
New Orleans – Hurricane Ida
New Orleans and the surrounding counties were devastated by hurricane Ida. Thousands are without water and electricity. We are sending water purifiers to this hard hit region through Healthy Souls International. Your donation of $90 or more gives the gift of a 3000 gallon water purifier for homes, schools, churches and first responders. A gift of $900 or more provides a 24,000 gallon capacity stainless-steel purifier with replaceable filters for schools, emergency feeding stations, and churches. Your donation of any amount will help families have the life giving water they need.
Your gift will help Healthy Souls give out the Berkey bucket purifiers to those who are in dire need of fresh drinking and cooking water. Thanks for pouring the love on families in Louisiana!
The Bahamas
Grand Bahama and the Abacos Islands were totally under water. Approximately 62,000 were without water. Now that the rebuilding is well underway, most still must use bottled water or level one (virus removal) water purifiers.
We sent fifteen 3000 gallon Berkey bucket water purifiers to the Bahamas late last week. Thanks to United as 1 for coordinating the truck and boats that got these purifiers to the areas affected most. We would like to ship 30 more bucket purifiers this week. With your help, we can do this!
We will be posting updates and other links shortly. All donations over the next several weeks will fund purifiers for the Bahamas. Thanks for your generosity in advance.
Florida Panhandle
Thousands of families were without water and electricity and water in the Panama City region.
Newsflash! We sent our largest commercial water purifier to the Catalyst Church in Panama City, FL. The Crown Berkey Purifier is capable of purifying enough water for up to 600 people a day. You can sponsor this large volume commercial water purifier for another location for just $550. Click here for the latest news feed. You can sponsor a single family water purifier for $60 designed to produce the equivalent of 1000 cases of bottle quality water. Thanks for helping families with children who need access to safe drinking water in this region.
Puerto Rico
Most families are still buying bottled water throughout the island because the tap water is being over-treated with chemicals and the water cisterns have parasites.
Thanks to Bacchanal Wine of New Orleans, we have sent over 60 Berkey single bucket water purifier kits and 20 double bucket water purifier kits to Puerto Rico this summer. They just keep giving so we’ll be sending more this fall! Thanks to Adam Garcia, Tiffany Theriot, and the folks at Water For Puerto Rico for assembling and distributing the purifiers to those who need them most! It’s been over 11 months since hurricane Maria and many families still need to buy bottled water for drinking and cooking. Most cities have running water now but they are adding so many chemicals that most will not drink it. Click here for the latest news feed.
We had a great trip to the island two weeks before Christmas. We trained church leaders, school directors, community center directors and business owners how to assemble and maintain their Berkey bucket and commercial water purifiers. We also visited nursing homes and gave out purifiers to several families throughout central and northern Puerto Rico.
We want to thank the folks at three amazing companies and one awesome restaurant for providing most of the funding needed to purchase these purifiers and fly me to the Island. A heart felt thanks from the people of Puerto Rico to SEACOR Island Lines, Trailer Bridge, ATS and Bacchanal Wine in New Orleans! Each of these businesses gave $3000 right after the hurricane to help us purchase the purifiers and fly to PR to set up a distribution network.
Bacchanal Wine continues to have amazing gourmet barbecue fundraisers for Purewater4kids. They have raised over $5000 for us in the past 90 days! A BIG SHOUT OUT to everyone at Bacchanal Wine for your above and beyond hard work to help the families of Puerto Rico have safe drinking water! Thank you Miles Prescott, Joaquin Rodas, Chris Evangelista, Erin Ruane and all the amazing chefs, Chef Octavio Ycaza, Chef Fredo Nogueira, Chef Nathanial Zimet and Chef Bryony Hensel!
Nicaragua
Ambassadors to the Nations in Managua, Las Maderas, Ometepe and Xiloa
Thousands of families are without water and electricity in the Panama City region.
We are providing water purifiers to several communites in Nicaragua through Ambassadors to the Nations. ATN has been helping the children of Nicaragua have a better quality of life since 1994.
They sponsor Christian schools in Managua, Las Maderas and Ometepe serving over 1200 children. They support 3 churches, a public school, several feeding programs, gift giving programs, and a prison ministry that brings hope to thousands each year.
We have provided high capacity purifiers to their schools, feeding programs and dozens of household purifiers to the families in those communities. With your help we can end the waterborne illness crisis in these communities.
Lidia Saaverdra, Nicaragua
Samaratans International in North Managua
We are sending Samaritans International complete Berkey bucket purifier kits and the Black Berkey purifier elements to build their own water purifiers modeled after the PureWater4Kids design. They are giving household purifiers to families in the Lidia Saaverdra community and other communities they serve food to. They currently provide food and supplies to over 500 locations around Nicaragua. They have people on the ground there 365 days a year to help bring relief to this amazing developing nation. In 2016 they provided 14.5 million plates of food to over 420,000 people!
How We Purify the Water
There are many ways to combat the waterborne illness epidemic in developing countries. The most popular way is by drilling wells near or within the communities they serve. This method solves the age old dilemma of needing to walk long distances to get water. Wells are the best choice when there’s no water source nearby. The families we serve in Nicaragua have water available within their communities so there’s no need to drill wells.
Where there is a local water source, filtration is a quick and effective way to remove the disease causing parasites. Popular filtration methods used by water missions organizations include slow-sand filters, compact hollow membrane filters, ceramic gravity drip filters, and ionic adsorption carbon block filters.
We first tested the compact hollow membrane filters and discovered that they do remove the disease causing parasites but do not remove viruses, bad tastes or any chemicals from the water!
We tested the Berkey ionic adsorption carbon block gravity feed drip design for over a year now. This design outperforms all the other filtering methods listed above to produce safe, good tasting water. This is the only filter available on the market today that removes viruses, parasites, bacteria, and the chemicals all in one unit.
We provide filter kits that are used in single and double 5-gallon bucket designs. Our double bucket design is used for schools, feeding stations and churches. Our single bucket design is sized to provide drinking and cooking water for one family for three years or up to 36 families during emergencies.
Would you like to provide a family in Puerto Rico or Nicaragua with the gift of pure, great tasting water? Clicklearn more. Together we can help these families finally have safe water to drink right in their homes!