Tom and I just got back from a two day Health and Hygiene seminar at Living Waters International headquarters in Houston. What a great organization they are-they really know their stuff.
We learned all about hand washing, diaherea, flies, and how to design and build latrines!
(lovely topics, aren't they?)
with the training we received, we should be able to approach village leaders and suggest some basic sanitation techniques they can easily adapt to their village. Did you know that worldwide over 5,000 children DIE EACH DAY from diseases caused by poor sanitation and unsafe water?!!!We've got to do something about that!
In august we will take the pump repair class
that LWI offers.
Another project we are working on is a solar cooker.
In Africa, women labor to gather heavy firewood for cooking
purposes. With a solar cooker, no wood is neccesary!
No fuel is needed. A safe, clean, 'green' solution that costs pennies to make! ( cardboard, foil and an old cooking pot)
I'll keep you posted on my attempts to cook Tom's dinner
by good 'ol hot Texas sunshine!!!! ha ha