By Catherine Kerber | Project Manager
Our wonderful volunteer Maureen and her daugther Kaya have arrived last month in Cameroon! Thus far, Maureen and Kaya have experienced the warmth of Cameroonian hospitality and we're so glad to have her with us!
Maureen is writing a blog called "Moringa, Kaya, and I" which follows their journey through changing the lives of the communities and youth we serve. Maureen is exploring ways communities can improve their health with not just moringa, but also by identifiying where resources are needed most.
Maureen has identified areas where the communities and youth are lacking. Maureen has been teaching the children useful math skills that they can use to improve the quality of their water. Maureen has taught the children to apply the "SODIS Method" to purifying water, and notes:
"By encouraging [the SODIS method], we increase the chances that this method will be used on the long run, ensuring that everyone has access to safe, clean water. We shall continue both the flow measurement and SODIS method to some other schools in the upcoming months. This project can not only save lives by laying the groundwork for desperately needed new water treatment and distribution facilities, but may help avoid the problems that lead to the mis-sizing and poor design of the original facilities by inspiring new generations of engineers"
It is with this that Maureen (and CAMAAY!) hope to inspire the students to become more interested in how to improve not just their hygiene and livlihood, but for those for generations to come.
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