By Zamil Akhtar | GlobalGiving Representative in the Philippines
The following is an e-postcard from Zamil Akhtar, a GlobalGiving Representative in the Philippines.
It took two hours to arrive at the most remote place I’d ever been. A tiny dot in the middle of a vast valley, the village was constructed out of bamboo and wood. With the help of WAND Foundation, many of the pitfalls that befall these poor and remote communities have been averted. Thanks to WAND’s food garden initiative, they are more food secure, and with their eco-friendly latrine initiative, healthier and safer from disease. WAND has installed hundreds of these latrines in communities around Mindanao: made from a special concrete and using sawdust to cover waste, they naturally fight bacteria that cause water borne illness.
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