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Promoting Solutions for Safe Water
The Gambia & Tanzania

In equatorial Africa, contaminated water supplies are the cause of often-fatal diarrheal diseases, especially in children and those affected by HIV/AIDS and malaria. The traditional use of wood fires to boil water and prepare food creates health hazards from the toxic fumes and is also an economic burden. Cutting trees also accelerates erosion and dangerous landslides.

Now, by utilizing Solar Cookits (solar cookers) and a simple testing device, families can remain free of water-born disease and decrease their dependence on wood fuel. ADVENTURES IN HEALTH, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT, Inc . (AHEAD) trains rural villagers to build, use, and teach other individuals to use the Solar Cookit. Women instructors can become self-sufficient through AHEAD’s training and support. They present community-wide seminars on cooking, water purification, and water testing methods using solar power and Cookits. For every 50 new trainers, 800 families can learn to use the Water Purification Indicator (WPI) to test if water has been heated to a safe level in the Cookit. This simple change will save lives, protect their farmland from erosion and reduce CO2 to combat global climate change.

AHEAD graduates are proud their
knowledge can save lives.

$138 - Training and materials for one village group
$33 - Training, two WAPIs and a Cookit for one family

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