Fog Catchers Bring Water to Parched Villages (image from Anne Lummerich)
In a small village outside of Lima, Peru, the poorest segments of the population live high on the hills where rains rarely fall. Annually, the villagers see a mere 1/2…
Continue reading about Water for Parched Communities: Fog Collecting
Diarrhea kills – but is preventable
Wonder what the deadliest killer is in Africa and Asia? Is it AIDS? Malaria?
You’d be wrong on both counts. More people die each year from diarrhea than any other illness in these areas. According to…
Continue reading about Treating the Deadliest Killer in Developing Nations
Clean water for poor countries should be a humanitarian goal
A few days ago, we examined one of the inexpensive ways to transform dirty drinking water into potable water. Yet, clean water for poor countries is still a dream for many…
What is in your drinking water?
Sometimes its easy to take things for granted. Here in America (and most of the developed world), we don’t often have to worry about clean drinking water. Yet, each day more than 5,000 children die worldwide…
