by Justin B. Gossett
Everyday
stresses and simple illnesses kill countless people worldwide. Famine and
disease and the C word people don’t like to talk about strikes daily and with
unwavering lethality. Everyday thousands of people die from things out of their
control, from a car wreck on the way home to a third miscarriage gone wrong.
Water quality should not be one of those worries. For many of us that live here
in the “modern” world we take for granit just how much something as simple as
clean water means to people.
Clean water= Life
Every
year worldwide, waterborne diseases are the NUMBER ONE KILLER of children under
5 years of age, more people die from unsafe water than all forms of violence
INCUDING WAR combined.
The
water we pour down the drain, the water we carelessly waste for frivolous uses,
other people would fight for, even kill for, this water other people would die
for. Clean safe water should not be just a commodity of the civilized world.
Everyone deserves safe water, and that is what we aim to do here. Simply put
this short blog is to raise awareness for how simple and inexpensive it
actually is to utilize current water systems in these endemic countries to make
their water safe. To save lives.
The
good part is we are not limited in one expensive way of purifying the water;
there are countless ways to go about making water clean and safe. From ceramic
filters, to UV wands, to simply digging deep wells, just one per village can
save them all, even a device as simple as the LifeStraw®. This device
manufactured by Vestergraard Frandsen, has saved thousands upon thousands of
lives and will continue to do so for years to come. The LifeStraw® is a simple
device that each person can carry on their necks like a necklace, it’s simply a
straw that filters the water as you drink. This was and remains a very
inexpensive and life saving device that has been administered for years now
with great success.
There
are some new comers to the game of cost effective water purification, one that
stands out to me as a company who is truly trying to meet the needs of the
people is that of Life Sack®. This ingenious water purification tool not only
purifies water by a simple 5nm filter and the use of the sun to power its UV
embedded shell, it also serves as a 20Kg bag to be used to ship grains or rice
or whatever other staple food items of the region. Once the food has been
removed, all they have to do is simply fill it with the contaminated water. And
safe clean drinking water emerges. Simplicity is key in this battle.
So as
you can see there are many many ways to go about making clean safe drinking
water attainable for EVERYONE in EVERY corner of the WORLD. With your help WE
CAN MAKE THIS A REALITY. As there are many ways to go about purifying the
water, there are just as many ways you can help. You can help with donations to
ANY of these wonderful humanitarian companies that provide these life saving
devices with little to even negative profit margins. You can help by actually
going to these regions and passing out and teaching the locals how to properly
utilize the filters. You can help by writing your governors and heads of state
and ask them to please support and help fund these endeavors, you might even hint
at how it would make them seem a step above their competition for future
elections, good publicity is the best kind, and what better publicity than
governor helps fund a project to save thousands. Even if the above are not your
cup of tea, you can help by simply passing this along so others can see it. A
simple repost of this on other blogs, other forums, even a simple Facebook©
like will help spread the word of how we all can save countless people.
The saving of the
entire world starts with but one person.
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