HOPE DEMONSTRATES HOW TO PURIFY DRINKING WATER AT MUZAFFARABAD – DAY 2

Billions of people around the world are continuing to suffer from poor access to water, sanitation and hygiene, some 2.2 billion people around the world do not have safe managed drinking water services.

Contaminated water isn’t just unhealthy it is life taking, which leads to diarrheal diseases like cholera. Tens of millions of others are seriously infected by a host of water-related ailments many of which are easily preventable.

HOPE - An NGO in Pakistan, has a team which is assigned specifically for this project, who visit different slum areas of Pakistan to distribute water purifying kits and sachets along with the demonstration on how it is prepared and on how to use it correctly. As it rains in Muzaffarabad the water becomes muddy and dirty. Drinking this water leads to diarrhea and water borne infections.

On the 26^th of January HOPEs team visited various areas of Muzaffarabad where the population is deprived of clean drinking water, one of the areas on the list was Satellite Town, which is highly deprived of clean drinking water. The demonstration was attended by 75 village women, children and elders. Each family there was provided with a purifying kit that consisted of the following items:

• ·        Cooler
• ·        Bucket
• ·        Muslin Cloth
• ·        Spatula
• ·        Pur sachets

These kits were distributed among 30 plus families in the village Satellite Town, Muzaffarabad, each family has an approximate of 8-10 members. Each family was given 3-4 boxes of Pur Sachet; each box consists of 240 Pur Sachets. 

Besides the demonstration of clean drinking water to the community at Muzaffarabad HOPE – An NGO in Pakistan, also distributed jeans pants, blankets, sweaters and biryani among the locals.  Keeping in view the freezing temperatures in the vicinity, the people were very happy to receive the warm clothes and blankets.

Under the leadership of Dr. Mubina Agboatwalla – A Child Specialist in Karachi, her aim is to benefit the community, while making clean water accessible for all, hence, reducing the illnesses, especially among children. In addition, this will also provide an opportunity to improve the standards of living and better immunity.