Fillmore Rotary Club Donates $500 to Lifewater Organization
By Anonymous — Wednesday, November 13th, 2019
Pictured (l-r) is Tyson Babayco speaker from Lifewater with Rotarian Dave Andersen, International Chairman. Tyson Babayco, from Lifewater, began his program with this announcement, “every 60 seconds a child dies from water borne diseases”. The video showed a dirty water stream that women walked miles to collect and take home to drink and cook with. Now with the help of the Lifewater Organization, which began 40+ years ago, water wells are dug, personal hygiene and sanitation lessons have been taught and lives have changed in 45 countries. The five lessons that are taught in each village are cleanliness using a table to wash their hands, a latrine, storing clean water safely in closed containers, using drying racks for dishes and cleaning their compounds. The communities using these practices are now flourishing. The Rotary Club of Fillmore donated $500 to this organization. Photo courtesy Martha Richardson. |