Story

CWEF's BioSand Water Filters provide clean water to families who live in remote, rural villages in Cambodia, improving health and hygiene for families and their children. In addition to the water filters, CWEF trains families in proper maintenance of their filter, along with education on proper sanitation and hygiene, and its effect on disease prevention and overall health. With proper care and maintenance, each water filter can provide a family with clean water for more than 20 years.

Impact

With proper care and maintenance, each water filter can provide a family with clean water for more than 20 years. For the families who participate, these improvements in resources, knowledge and skills will reduce sickness and will lead to more days each year in school or work. For the surrounding community, some of the people impacted will become advocates for improved health and sanitation practices, multiplying the impact to their neighbors and friends.

Challenge

Many families in remote areas of rural Cambodia are living without access to clean and safe water, and are lacking in basic sanitation and hygiene. This combination leads to illnesses such as diarrhea, worms and cholera. When children and adults get sick, they miss school or work, reinforcing the cycle of poverty, low education, poor health and the unfulfilled potential of people with deep value, skills, creativity, and dreams for the future.

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