Drinking water for Haiti: Please Help!
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 18:09

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(article also available in Italian, to view click on Italian in the menu bar above / articolo anche disponibile in italiano, cliccate in alto sul menu Italian. Thanks/grazie Iris Cartia!
Cluster is supporting a project to help give earthquake victims in Haiti access to safe drinking water - which we think is a very good idea! The humanitarian crisis in Haiti will long outlive the earthquake that struck on January 12 2010; thirst, hunger and disease are rife, food and water supplies are scarce and survivors are highly exposed to the risk of contracting waterborne diseases through the intake of contaminated water.
Haiti is more in need of help than ever before.
Drinking Water for Haiti aims to help by donating at least 500 units of LifeStraw to the Haitian people to provide safe drinking water and contain the spread of life-threatening disease among survivors.
The award winning LifeStraw is a 10 inch practical, portable plastic straw (cylinder) that uses advanced technology to convert dirty water into drinking water by filtering out and killing bacteria as they are sucked up the tube.
Simple to use and light in weight Lifestraw is easy to distribute and can be carried around for use outside the home, it doesn’t require any electrical power and has a longevity of approximately one year (based on a consumption of 2 litres of water/day).
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