Category: Philippines

Aid delivered to the Philippines

Two Installations for Mindanao Safe Water

by Brian Ashworth, posted in News, Philippines, Safe Water for Every Child

Disaster Aid Australia in conjunction with our partner Balay Mindanw last year commited to installing 25 SkyHydrants for the Mindanao Safe Water Project over five years.

Last week Balay Mindanaw completed and signed over another two installations.

As part of the Process Balay Mindanaw carries out a full consultation to ensure the Barangay will look after the SkyHydrant.

Signing the acceptance agreement.

You can see the difference in water quality!

The two installations are at Barangay Violanta and Barangay Waloe.

You can make a tax deductable donation this financial year which will help us deliver Safe Water for more children in 2023-2024.
Contact us at admin@disasteraidaustralia.org.au to find out more.
Or click on the link below:

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Charity donations of $2 or more to Disaster Aid Australia are tax-deductible in Australia.

Beyond Bhutan 2020

by Brian Ashworth, posted in Bhutan, News, Philippines, Safe Water for Every Child, Timor

Following the completion of the Bhutan 2020 project we are continuing to provide safe water to smaller schools and communities with our “Beyond Bhutan 2020′ project.

These five SkyHydrants, that have been sponsored, will be be shipped to Bhutan on Monday 12th December.

A further 5 units are planned to be shipped before June 2023.

Safe Water Sponsorship Opportunities.

Disaster Aid Australia is currently looking for sponsorship for Safe Water for Every Child installations in the following countries:

  • 2022-2023 – Bhutan, Timor Leste.
  • 2023-2024 – Philippines, Bhutan, Timor Leste.

If you, or your organisation, would like to sponsor a ‘Safe Water for Every Child’ installation for $5,000 (Less than $1 per person per year) contact us at admin@disasteraidaustralia.org.au

You can also make a general donation to our Smart Aid of Safe water for every Child programs at the link below:

DONATE

Charity donations of $2 or more to Disaster Aid Australia are tax-deductible in Australia.

Typhoon Paeng Hits Mindano

by Brian Ashworth, posted in Assisting DAI Partners, Philippines, Smart Aid

Typhoon Paeng (Nalgae) struck the Philippines on Friday with over 40 reported deaths and over 450,000 people afffected.

River Rescue Team In Action

Landslides and severe flooding caused by Typhoon Paeng affected parts of Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur, Cotabato City and other parts of Southwestern Mindanao.

Action

The Cotabato team of our local partner, Balay Mindanaw, has already picked up two DAA Skyhydrants to provide safe clean water to affected communities.

These have been installed in evacuation centres.

Children collecting water from emergency SkyHydrant

An assesment team also travelled from Cagayan de Oro on Sunday and will be aiming to identify a community that we can help recover.

Update Monday 31 October

Disaster Aid Australia will be shipping more SkyHydrant units as soon as flights are available.

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If you would like to make a donation to help Disaster Aid Australia deliver aid to those affected then click on the link below:

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Charity donations of $2 or more to Disaster Aid Australia are tax-deductible in Australia.

Sustainable Safe Water

by Brian Ashworth, posted in News, Philippines, Safe Water for Every Child

A key consideration for Disaster Aid Australia’s ‘Safe Water for Every Child’ program is sustainability.

Financial Sustainability

President and Past President of the Rotary Club

It is important that the community ensures that there is enough money to pay for:

  • Cleaning Chemicals.
  • Replacement of the filter membrane (typically after 10 years)
  • The operators time for the daily cleaning.

This photographs shows how the cooperative in Barangay. Mambuaya, on the outskirts of Cagayan de Oro have responded to the problem.

They have connected the SkyHydrant system to two water dispensing machines in the small building.

Water flows into the containers when the a coin is dropped into the machine.

Collecting as little as AU$1/day will save enough money for the membrane replacment and cleaning chemicals!

The installation was sponsored, with the aid of a Rotary Global Grant by the Rotary Club of West Cagayan de Oro.

Greenhouse Gases

In 2018 Disaster Aid Australia was recognised by the Energy Globe Awards as being the best energy sustainable project in Australia.

This was due to the fact that our SkyHydrants provide safe water without power or treatment chemicals.

It was also one of the top four water projects in the World Awards.

Plastic Waste Reduction

One of the problems around the world is the amount of plastic waste which affects wildlife and gets inot the food chain.

Every SkyHydrant installed means that the community protected no longer needs to buy bottled water to stay safe.

That mean that there will be no need to dispose of tens of thousands of single use plastic bottles every year.

If you would like to help Disaster Aid Australia continue to provide Sustainable safe water click on the link below;

DONATE

Charity donations of $2 or more to Disaster Aid Australia are tax-deductible in Australia.