 Day water is life and humans can live without love but cannot live without water. Clean water is inestimably precious and essential for the good health of a nation, but what happens when you can't access this precious natural element? My name is David Muffarage, I'm CEO and founder of Magi Zema Ltd, which is a small charitable organization that endeavors to get water filters into communities that wouldn't normally have access to safe drinking water. First came to Kenya in the late 1990s with a small charity, again doing totally other stuff. And one of the ladies working with us on that charity, who was a single mum, while I wasn't in the country she contracted cholera and died and that sort of kind of put in my head the idea of trying to do something about seeing that less people have that sort of problem. So that's how I got started in the late 1990s with a small charity, again doing totally other stuff. And one of the ladies working with us on that charity, who was a single mum, while I wasn't in the country she contracted cholera and died and that sort of kind of put in my head the idea of trying to do something about seeing that less people have that sort of problem. Magi Zema nearly 10 years ago and we initially had portable water filters that we were getting to lots of communities all over the places, KMBU slum here in Nairobi and lots of areas around Lake Victoria actually, and better, two or three schools there and one or two of the islands on the lake. And we sort of graduated to a less portable type of filter because invariably an awful lot of those portable filters, because they were portable, just disappeared. So we've now got something that's a bit more sustainable and does a job for a lot more people and for a lot longer, obviously. David has a heart for the needy and will never settle until he provides a water filtration system for clean water to the target group and today we're privileged to accompany him to this home where he's doing an installation of water filter. Originally my profession was that I'm a dentist and I practiced all over Australia and parts of Europe and sort of ran about when I was ready to retire, I got involved with that other charity that bought me to Kenya to do education program on malaria control and while I was here I just fell in love with Kenya. I founded Magi Zema nearly 10 years ago and we initially had portable water filters that we were getting to lots of communities all over the place. There's KMBU slum here in Nairobi and lots of areas around Lake Victoria actually and Vita, two or three schools there and one or two of the islands on the lake and we sort of graduated to a less portable type of filter because invariably an awful lot of those portable filters, because they were portable, just disappeared. So we've now got something that's a bit more sustainable and does a job for a lot more people and for a lot longer. Massager Bert texts me through the technicalities of how the water filter works. My name is Massi Chabesh, I'm the general manager for Magi Zema. What I do is I try and find beneficiaries like Mary Faith, people who need the water filters are interested and then we try to get in touch with them, get them to understand how the filter works, how it's going to be good for them and then I also set up the installations and stuff like that, preparing for the dates and things like that, general administration obviously and then after we do an installation like this one we do education, we teach them about safe drinking water and also how to maintain the filter. During our interaction with David, I couldn't help but want to know why he is all barefoot. Yes, our hero has gone overhead and acquired himself a local nickname Ngochuma, but how did he get there? It's 1982, okay? I don't like shoes, that's all. Sipendi Viata, Kabisa, it's as simple as that. Generally when I'm with my smart alec brother who just doesn't tolerate the idea of my being in public without shoes on. It can be challenging to run a charity that will require some serious funding and time to mobilize all the necessary resources. The Magi Zema founder shares with us. We do a small amount of fundraising here in Kenya and we have sister charity in the UK who have been our major donors for most of the last 10 years. We have, well we're actually forming a charity board in Australia at the moment. Probably the funds that we have received from Australia have been private contributions from my friends and family and we're now sort of registering as a charity there and we'll be getting substantial amount of our funding from Australia and we continue to fundraise here of course. Despite all the challenges, he keeps walking and I seek to know where he gathers his motivation to drive his charity. He felt like taking the filter away and finding another recipient who will appreciate it rather than leaving it there to rot. But that's, I mean as I said, those situations are in the minority. Mostly our installations have been successful and I appreciate it. David is impatient but he's a fun boss. He's really passionate about getting safe drinking water in communities. He's very emotional. We go to a place like this and we see the need. We see that we're not fixing everything, we're not fixing every problem but we're reducing a little bit in the sense that they get safe drinking water and they're not spending too much on hospital bills and boiling water or treating the water. So they get safe drinking water at the end of the day and it's something that he is really, really passionate about and you know from our story, it's why he got into this. Immediate beneficiaries of this water are forever grateful to good deeds of David. My name is Mary Jerry, I am the founder and the director of Mary Faith Children's Center. David came to visit here with the Nassalini University student. They had a project here that they were doing so they came to visit and that is how David knew all about us. And then he asked me, how do you take water here? Is your water clean? I told him we always put either water guard, because water guard is so easy. I can be able to get it in the local market. So I would buy water guard and put it in the tanks for the water to be clean. So when David had about it, he told me he would go and talk to his friend, one of his friends who is the owner of that project and see if they can be able to come and do for last that water purification. So they went and came with David back and they came with David. I listened to David and David told me this is what I am going to do. I said it's okay because now I will not be running for water guard. The water will be clean and the children I will not also be buying water for the small kids. So it's very good for us to be given that filter and they started working about it. My name is Tisha Judy. My name is Tisha, I am 5 years old and my mother is Vienna. David, I am grand to him as a teacher and I am very proud of him and he has a big heart. My name is Emily Okwayo. I studied in Kibauni Secondary School in Machakos County. I am in Form 4. Yes, I am in Form 4 doing my KCC this year. Yes and I am glad. The water that is being installed in this home will help me and also the other children in very many ways more than before where mom used to use some money buying some water guards to put in the water for us to drink. But now I think the water that David has decided to install for us will help us. At least mom will have to save some money for other uses rather than buying water guard where each and every day because in this economy where we are staying a lot of things have risen up and they have been bought at a high cost of money. So I think he has done a good job because at least I will not have that time where before I used to have to boil water for me to drink. Right now I will just take the water in a cup and drink it directly. It doesn't end here. According to David, the filter is bright. There is so much more. So I'd like to thank him very much for what he's doing. I know it's not so easy because he has a family where he can help them but he has decided at least he can help a huge number of children who are here because of lack of parents and all that. So he has used his salary to come and install for us some water. I really thank him and may God just bless him. To David I can say what they are doing to the community is a good work. Considering he is not from this country, he is a foreigner and he can he just came to the country and see the need of green water and that is what he is doing. To us we can say that he's doing a good job. He is impacting so many families with green water. And we can say he continue with this project and to get more donors because I know he also need donors so that he can continue impacting the life of the people. Huge thanks to Raji Salana who for the last 10 years have been our major support, major and serious support and not just financial support. They have given us a lot of in kind help, a lot of good legal advice. So yeah they have been fantastic. We are looking to do some installations in Bondo and I have just been informed maybe another installation in Merib. So that is the immediate future.