Sawyer filters

Sawyer filters are designed to purify water. Im told that they use the same technology as a kidney dialysis machine. We put them to the test on a recent trip to the Rift Valley. The team of 25 college kids had planned to use bottled water purchased at the grocery store but we went through about half of it the first day. We filtered water from this catchment dam and made it through the next 4 days with no problems. The sawyer filters are amazing, light weight, portable and easy to demonstrate. This community now has 4 of these filters and they are seeing the benefits of clean drinking water.

Clean water

On a recent trip to the Rift Valley we learned of some real needs. The Masai people in that area have really suffered from last years drought. Many lost nearly all their cattle which they depend on for everything. One of our pastors asked us about building a greenhouse to try gardening. We returned with a team of young people from Camp Blue Sky to do the construction. In addition to the greenhouse we were able to demonstrate the Sawyer filters. The pastors stock pond provided us with a wonderful opportunity to show the effectiveness of these little filters. The pond was green with "life" and the filters transformed it into clear drinking water that our team used for the week we were there working. We left the filter system with the pastor to use with his community.