NEWS           

Myanmar Update 

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BEFORE

THANK YOU TO ALL OUR DONORS

AS our donators know, our water filters require NO electricity or power making them the very best in times of disaster relief.

Every day between 4 – 5,000 children die due to diarrhea caused by unsafe water.  The U.N.’s Millennium Development Goal is to halve the number of people unable to reach or afford safe drinking water by the year 2015.  Diseases related to inadequate water and sanitation cause an estimated 80% of all sickness in the developing world.  This is the twenty first century but water and sanitation remain mired in the Middle Ages for one-third of the world. Incredibly, this problem is still not being realistically addressed, high- tech solutions are proposed, but in general there is no investment in technology that can easily be copied by local workshops in developing countries

CYCLONE in Myanmar left thousands without water

HEART IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR DONORS HAVE GIVEN $5,000 TO HELP DISTRIBUTE WATER FILTERS IN THIS REGION.

It may not seem like much money, but this donation has helped to rebuild a filter factory which was destroyed and has helped over a hundred families receive filters.  To these hundred families, possibly totaling 900 to 1,000 people it means LIFE!  On their behalf, "Thank YOU" for your generous giving.

 

Water Filter Factory Plan A document explaining all the steps and components that go into establishing a new filter factory in a location.

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PARTNERING WITH POTTERS FOR PEACE

On January 19th, 2008, HEART and Potters for Peace joined forces to spread the filter technology across the globe. Potters for Peace has been establishing new filter factories in Central and South America from 2001.  Now at the number of 19 factories these two organizations joined together to both reinforce the effectiveness of the already established factories and to continue expansion in countries still without clean water.

This new partnership will help both organizations to grow towards accomplishing the United Nations Millennium Goal to halve the number of people in the world unable to reach or afford safe drinking water by the year 2015. This partnership will build on the strengths of both organizations in their determination to deliver potable water to those living in extreme poverty in third world countries. 

Production Manual This is the basics on producing a clay water filter.  This document will take you through the steps #1 clay castoffs; #2 breaking up the clay; #3 the Hammer mill; #4 storing dry milled clay; #5 mixing clay and sawdust; #6 the cement mixer; #7 clay pressed into mold; #8 removal of filter from mold; #9 drying; #10 firing; #11 cooling; #12 testing; #13 colloidal silver application. by Potters for Peace.

Since 1998 Potters for Peace has developed one of the most successful projects in the development of a low-tech, low-cost, ceramic water filters that effectively eliminates 99.88% of most water-born diseases. The filter has been cited by the United Nations' Appropriate Technology Handbook, and has been used by the International Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders throughout South & Central America, Asia and Africa. Originally devoted to providing potable water in Nicaragua, PFP has expanded recently to nineteen countries internationally.  This explosive growth has been fortuitous for spreading the simple technology of producing portable filters into regions of the world which lack the very basic necessities in life.  Needed though is the fundraising, marketing, and education component for the filter project to continue to be successful and grow towards achieving the millennium goal of 2015. HEART for the Nations will fill this need by developing new educational, marketing and fundraising programs for Potters for Peace.

Since 2002, HEART for the Nations has been promoting the funding of the ceramic water filter in Guatemala and has delivered over 2,000 filters to date.  Through speaking engagements and fundraising events at churches, universities, service clubs, elementary and high schools, HEART has educated Americans to the dire need for potable water in the third world.  In 2007 HEART investigated the needs for water in Ecuador and contacted Potters for Peace to construct a new water filter factory in Pimampiro. This led to a series of meetings between both groups to discuss not only the needs of Ecuador but the global need in the Americas, Africa, the middle east and far east.

 After completing a nine day tour in January 2008 of three filter factories and ten potter cooperatives in Nicaragua, Heart and PFP entered a partnership to work together in the already established nineteen countries with an eye toward many new factories to open in 2008 and 2009. The ultimate objective of this partnership is to meet the urgent demand for safe water in rural and marginalized communities, while creating employment for local potters and sustainability for future generations.

Studies on the ceramic filtres have been conducted at over 40 universities including  MIT, John’s Hopkins, Yale, Harvard, and Rice, in the USA, Cambridge in the United Kingdom, and UNICEF and the American Red Cross to mention just a few.   These studies have proven the filter’s effectiveness of 99% removal of all fecal coliform, e coli and streptococcus bacteria.  Many university studies have led to the establishment of filter factories in the third World. In 2008 Princeton University will construct a filter factory in Nigeria and has asked HEART for the Nations to help in this endeavor.