"Mark Maynard, of howFar, explains what happens when a WAPI reaches remote villages in East Africa"
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The North Gwinnett Rotary Club and the Interact Clubs from North Gwinnett High School and Collins Hill High School have teamed up to manufacture 800 WAPI's for distribution in Sub-Sahara Africa.
"Carolyn Hill and Mark Maynard explain how a WAPI works"
The event, held at North Gwinnett High School on September 12, 2009, was the second of its kind. Last year 380 WAPI's were made at a similar event.
"F. Wayne Hill coaches a young leader as he makes a component of a WAPI"
A WAPI is a Water Pasteurization Indicator. The simple devise is used in remote villages to show when water is safe to drink. By heating water to the pasteurization level, below the boiling point, harmful bacteria are killed making the water pure.
According to UNICEF 1000 children die every 24 hours from drinking contaminated water.
"Training an Interact Club Group"
The Rotary Club of North Gwinnett and Interact Clubs of North Gwinnett High School and Collins Hill High School have chosen The How Far Foundation as its distribution partner. In May of 2009 380 WAPI's were delivered to remote villages in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In June of 2010 The How Far Foundation plans to distribute another 800 WAPI's to "in crisis" villages in Sub-Sahara East Africa.
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