Hydraid BioSand Filter: Getting the Water

The story of Lineth, a young girl in Honduras and her daily journey to the local water source. Untreated, the water can cause disease and even death, but thanks to the simple, long-lasting Hydraid® BioSand Water Filter, Lineth and her family have safe water to drink.

English translation:
"My name is Lineth.
Come with me.
Getting water every day is hard work, but it doesn't make you sick.
But drinking contaminated water, yes, and it can even kill you.
Many people in my village become ill when they drink contaminated water.
My cousin who is the same age as me became ill when he drank that water.
As you can see, in the water there are many small things that can make you sick.
But there are none of those things in our water because my family has a filter—a blue filter.
I'm going to help my mother."

That blue filter is a Hydraid BioSand Water Filter, a lifesaving technology created by Canadian inventor David Manz and manufactured by sustainable Cascade Engineering in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Learn more at http://www.hydraid.org

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• water
• spanish
• espanol
• clean
• safe
• poverty
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• children