Drinking Water for Poor Schools in Rural Honduras

Click here and meet the real people, challenges and process behind clean water for Trojes, Honduras!

• Did you know that 70% of households in Trojes do not have access to safe water? Instead they use water directly from the highly contaminated river nearby.
• Did you know that 1/2 of the population of Trojes does not even have a toilet? This leads to open defecation which directly pollutes the drinking water supply. 
• Did you know that workers in Trojes survive on less than $1 a day?

The good news is that, thanks to you and your donation to Blue Planet Network's member Pure Water for the World, these statistics are improving. Through this campaign you are supporting Pure Water for the World's main objective to improve health by reducing the instances of diarrhea across schools in Trojes.

Pure Water for the World engages in simple and sustainable local latrine and filter construction coupled with community hygiene and health education in order to empower Trojes and lift the region out of poverty. Through the video link above you can see first-hand the 4-step process of planning, implementation, construction and health follow-up. You will see demonstrations of how contaminated, murky water is effectively cleaned through simple concrete filters filled with sand, gravel and pvc piping to produce between 5 and 15 gallons of safe water per hour. Most anyone can operate these filters. We don't need rocket science to change people's lives. Long-term success in health and water systems in Trojes is being made possible through the building of community ownership and applying simply, cost-effective technology that is routinely maintained.

What makes Pure Water for the World such a valuable Blue Planet Network member is that they take the critical steps of identifying challenges and continue to monitor the success of solutions. For example, in the video you will learn about community education, how local terrain and road conditions affect transportation of resources, and the need for follow-up anti-parasitic medicine.

What's more is that Pure Water for the World substantiates their process and challenges by:

• Engaging in peer review with other Blue Planet Network members.
• Sharing information such as budgets and costs on Blue Planet Network's technology platform.
• Updating status of projects via Blue Planet Network’s monitoring services so everyone can learn. 

This transparency and willingness to critically analyze their work increases their effectiveness and helps everyone learn with them.

Pure Water for the World has built 200 latrines in Trojes to date and has helped more than 120,000 people in Honduras and El Salvador. But we can't stop there. There are 198 villages in Trojes, yet Pure Water for the World has only reached 36 so far.

We invite you to continue your work for Trojes by listening and sharing the testimonials of success.

Thank you so much!

Video and all images here produced by Craig Downing for Pure Water for the World. 

Links:

• A Video! Meet the people behind clean drinking water for Trojes