September, 2010 Archive

The WATERisLife Haiti Relief Team will soon depart for Haiti.  The team will bring more filters, Health and Hygiene Training and long term water solutions to 23 villages in Northern Haiti.  They will report back on each village as they make progress week to week. Each village will have names, faces and smiles along with stories of struggles for obtaining clean water on a daily basis.  The Villages will need partnership to continue the progress to bring a sustainable clean water source to their communities – Incredible opportunity to be able to save lives and transform communities.  Find out how you can be a part of bringing clean water to thousands around the world and to follow the Haiti Relief team’s work;

www.facebook.com/joinwaterislife

Thanks for your help! We are sending over two thousand more filters to Haiti, tools, and a generator to Haiti.  Heading up the work of filter distribution, well drilling, pump repair and hygiene training will the be Mark, Kristine, Picabo and Liv.  They will be hosting other teams that will join them in the next few months. Boxes of filters and other supplies are setting in Ft. Pierce Florida at the staging area for the flight in a few days.  Thank you for your help!

Bridgeway Church in Oklahoma City, OK will be sending 240 WATERisLIFE filters to a village in Haiti with a WATERisLIFE team this October and November.  The village will receive the WiL Filters, Hygiene and Sanitation training and the WiL team will research a long term clean water source for their village.  The village is located in Northern Haiti.

Thank you to all at Bridgeway Church for your work on this fundraising project – and WATERisLIFE looks forward to bringing you photos and stories from your partner village in Haiti.

Kristine and Mark Bender, along with their daughters, Picabo, 15, and Olivia, 12, will volunteer in Haiti for 10 weeks. The Verrado, Arizona family departs on Oct. 1.

The Benders are working with WATERisLIFE, an Oklahoma-based, non-profit organization that helps provide clean drinking water to people around the world.  Kristine and Mark are both Directors for WATERisLIFE and volunteering their time to serve those in Haiti.  Click on link below to Read More…

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/community/swvalley/articles/2010/09/06/20100906swv-buckhaiti0908.html#ixzz0yty3Hrt0

10,000 water filters have been distributed in Haiti this year. Thousands more are needed as many in the Limbe area have limited access to clean water. It is critical to bring more filters to Haiti with the increasing demands for clean water.  Listen as Ray Vanslyke talks about the need for filters and clean water.  Ray, with his wife Bonnie have lived in Haiti for years and are the Directors at the orphanage located at the Barkman Center in Limbe, which is part of Grace Missions and Drop of Love Schools. Over the years Ray and Bonnie have become these children’s parents – providing support, love and guidance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcTOOXCxVBM

WiL Ambassador schools AZ Attorney General & Democratic candidate for Governor, Terry Goddard

Senam Mallik is a student Ambassador for WATERisLIFE. She is a member of the Student Council at Verrado Middle School in Arizona, and will be working on a project to bring WiL filters and Health and Sanitation Clinics to India in the spring.

She and her WATERisLIFE team spent the day talking with guests at the India Independence Day Celebration in Phoenix, AZ. She was honored to introduce the WATERisLIFE filter to Arizona Attorney General and Democratic Candidate for Governor – Terry Goddard.  Her photo was published on Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard’s Facebook page later that day!  Way to Change iT Senam. And good luck on the Verrado Middle School upcoming project to bring clean refreshing water to children in India!

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5247310&id=279869501440&ref=fbx_album