The Committee for Disaster and National Emergency Assistance (Cadena), a non-profit civil association of Costa Rican Jewish communities, will donate 100 water filters capable of providing localities with 800 liters of drinking water per day, for up to 5 years.
This amount of clean water can benefit some 200,000 people affected by storm Nate.
The filters are made of Israeli technology and manufactured in the United States. Its use is extremely simple and it only requires a bucket and the filter kit. In a matter of one minute, the water passes through the five layer filtration system, resulting in completely drinkable water.
Sawyer water filters are an active charcoal device, easy to transport, install and use. If you are careful to clean the filter once a day -by injecting a clean water syringe two or three times- the water purification system can work for up to five years, using it every day.
A single filter provides drinking water that required by 200 to 300 people per day. It is about giving back to the community a basic need: with drinking water they have liquid to drink, to cook and to clean.
The mission will reach isolated areas thanks to a borrowed helicopter. On board there will be Samuel Capuano and Guideon Shturman -experts in emergency care of Cadena Mexico- and Ricardo Weisleder, volunteer of Cadena Costa Rica.
According to the Committee, drinking water is the first step in community reconstruction. “The ability to deal with natural disasters is built from the basic needs of people. The consumption of dirty water generates potentially fatal intestinal diseases, especially in children and senior citizens.
The National Disaster and Emergency Assistance Committee was established in Mexico in 2005 and since then it has developed 150 humanitarian missions in places like Mexico, Ecuador, Haiti, Chile, Nepal, Kenya, Turkey, Philippines, Syria, Vanuatu, India, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Belize. It has eight world headquarters, one of them is in Costa Rica.