Our Latest News from Sierra Leone

Clean Water at Last thanks to Links International

In the past year we have had 2 children and one staff member diagnosed with Typhoid, probably contracted from drinking contaminated well water.

Wells can be a lifeline to many communities, however we have found that even well water can carry harmful worms, bacteria and viruses that can kill where few can afford diagnosis and treatment.

Joseph one of our toddlers helping himself to clean drinking water courtesy of Links International

Thanks to Links International we have been able to provide safe drinking water for Heaven's Garden Baby Rescue Centre by processing the well water through a ceramic water filter.

2 of our children at the remote Bandawa Fresh Hope School with the second Links International water filter

They also provided a second ceramic filter where it is now in use filtering slow moving swamp water for our kids at the remote village school at Bandawa.

Our first working prototype bio-sand water filter in the House of Hope

The House of Hope orphan care centre also now has safe drinking water by using a Biosand Water Filter made entirely from local materials.

The materials for these filters cost only £28 GBP ($40 USD). Why not sponsor one...or two!

FACTFILE: 80% of illnesses in Africa have links to poor water quality and poor sanitation