2020 Project
Clean Water - Guyana
Chlorination is a common water purification technique used in both industrialized and developing countries. Many communities that lack clean water use bleach in appropriate doses to purify and clean their water for drinking. The use of this device eliminates costly supply chains of bleach and rids beautiful waterways and lush landscapes of floating and strewn beach bottles.
Salt is not only affordable, but it is readily available in nearly all communities. This device can be powered by a car or motorcycle battery or an outlet if one is available. These qualities make this device the ultimate piece of water technology for low-resource communities.
“One tenth of the global disease burden could be prevented by increasing access to safe drinking water. ”
Along with the donation of each device, we train hospital staff and community members how to properly use the device. In a brief 10-minute training session individuals were competent and confident using the device. Our goal is to empower local leaders to create clean water for their own community, elevating the quality of life for all.
Click below to watch a short film about our Guyana Water Project.
Health Goes Global has partnered with Mountain Safety Research Global Health to work toward our goal of clean water for all! With their support, we have been able to provide communities with the ability to purify contaminated water, making it safe for drinking. We are able to do this with new technology called the SE200 Community Chlorine Maker. This device allows one to create 0.8% chlorine solution used to kill disease causing microbes. Salt, water and electricity is all that is needed. Just 5 minutes of running the device creates enough chlorine solution to purify 200 liters of water!
Salt + Battery = Clean Water
As of 2020, our Clean Water projects are in Mabaruma, Guyana and in Palwan, Philippines. Our goal is to continue sustainably expanding our outreach to increase access to clean water.
“Access to clean water keeps children in school by preventing diarrheal disease – the leading cause of child death. ”
“The SE200 really impacts lives and has saved us hundreds of dollars if not a few thousand over the long run. It is easy to use; resulting in clean, potable water each and every time. Simply use any table salt, power source and a small amount of water to create a solution that makes most water sources drinkable.”