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UK registered charity no 1122823
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Clean Water and Sanitation -Rainforests of Peru Photo Gallery
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Village Based Water Committee and Sustainability
The village water and sanitation committee is trained in building, system maintenance, and water quality and safety.
A portable microbiology lab is used to test for harmful “unseen” bacteria in the water supply. Accurate E-coli results were given in 24 hours. The people have a bench mark to know "without doubt" if there water is safe.
Full ownership of the project is turned over to the community after 3 years.
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Culturally Appropriate Health Programming
We are committed to culturally appropriate programming for the indigenous cultures of Manu. Our medical anthropologists speak fluent Matsigenka and assures our programming is in specific context to the real needs of the people.
Community meetings and activities are translated from Spanish to Matsigenka. This ensures members of the community fully understand our services and their participation.
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Flush Latrines and Eco- Friendly Septic System
A bathroom structure with 4 flush latrines (separate sides for the boys and girls) at the village schoolhouse.
Western seat toilets are not used because they are culturally not appropriate.
The septic system discomposes waste naturally and then it becomes fertilizer.
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Long term sustainability lives in the children
We flowed clean H2O to each village home in 2009. The school children carried over 800 PVC tubes to construct the 4 KM water distribution line which extends throughout the village.
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Constrution of the bathrooms at village school
Construction of the bathrooms at the village school in Tayakome is underway with full participation from the children and the community.
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Slow Sand Filtration
Tayakome's village water committee, w/ our project foreman cleaning the slow sand filters (SSF) SSF is removing up to 99;.99% of the bacterias viruses and cysts from the h20 supp.y.
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Safe Drinking Water
Safe drinking water now flows to the children at the village schoolhouse and to each village home.The eco friendly bathrooms are being constructed adjacent to this sink at the school.
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Health Education for the Children
The children at the village school are responsible for the regular maintenance of their sink. HOTC reinforces basic health & hygiene education & practices over a 3 year time period.
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Water Committee - Community Participation
The village water committee and Wilbert age 7 constructing the base pillers of the bathroom structure for the village schoolhouse.
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Student Participation
All primary school children participate in lending a hand, carrying small amounts of material needed to construct their bathrooms.. They continue to be the light of the project.
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