SFH #007: How To Provide Clean Drinking Water To Everyone in Fiji

Today on The School for Humanity we have Alon Banks who is the Executive Director of Give Clean Water.

The mission of Give Clean Water is to provide a sustainable clean drinking water solution to every person in Fiji. Give Clean Water partners with local community organizations to identify families in need of clean water filters. They then gather biographical and demographic information from each family recipient, take photos and mark each house with a GPS address. On instillation day, team members made up of local volunteers and Give Clean Water teams visit the home, install the system and spend time educating the family on how to maintain the filter. The team also educates the family on hygiene and the importance of cooking and drinking exclusively with clean water.

After the system is installed, Give Clean Water will send a follow up team to the home to answer questions and make sure the filter is being used correctly. Each home is also given contact information for the local community organization in case there are any problems that arise.