Category: Safe Water for Every Child

Our Safe water projects using SkyHydrants

German Bhutan Himalayan Society

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

Disaster Aid Australia welcome the support of the German Bhutan Himalaya Society (DBHG) to the project to provide Safe Water for Every Child in Bhutan.

The DBHG was on site with Vice President Dr Irmela Harz, Board Member Sven Kaun-Feederle and Member Klaus Neumann and donated a Sky Water Hydrant Filter to the Yangchengatsel Higher Secondary School in Thimphu.

This filter will provide up to 10,000 litres of safe drinking water per day – without electricity or chemicals.

It provides clean and safe drinking water to the students, improving their health and living conditions.

This donation followed a meeting between DBHG and Dr Lam Dorji of Rotary Club of Thimphu,

A big thank you also goes to the Rotary Club of Thimphu, which has worked tirelessly with Disaster Aid Australia to bring clean water to Bhutan Schools. and recently won a Global Award for its Safe Water Project. Together for a better future!

YOU CAN MAKE A TAX DEDUCTABLE DONATION WHICH WILL HELP US CONTINUE TO DELIVER SUSTAINABLE SAFE WATER IN 2024-2025, AND BEYOND, BY CLICKING ON THE LINK BELOW:

DONATE

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


Philippines Hit By Typhoon

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

Luzon, the largest island in the Philippines was yesterday hit by Typhoon Trami. (Locally called Kristine)

Two months worth of rain fell in the Bicol area within 24 hours.

Many communities are flooded, some as deep as the roof level in 2 storey homes.

Our local partner ‘Safe Water for Every Child-Philippines‘ is preparing to travel to Bicol with SkyHydrants to deliver safe water to affected communities.

They will be working with Philippine Rotary Clubs.

Australian Support

Australians can support this response by making a donation at the following link.

DONATION

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

Philippine Support

People in the Philippines can offer support by contacting Safe Water For Every Child – Philippines at;

safewaterforeverychildphils@gmail.com

Still Going Strong at AHHA

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

One of the questions we regularly get asked is “How long do the filters last?”

Five years ago the partners; Disaster Aid Australia, Rotary Projects Timor Leste East, and The Rotary Club of Phillip Island and San Remo installed a SkyHydrant in the AHHA school in Dili.

Founder, Dr. Madenjit Singh, addressing the AHHA school

Recently the school has had to relocate and the original SkyHydrant relocated with them.

The New Installation

The unit, which is maintained daily, is still producing enough safe drinking water for this very large school.

The head of the school tells us that the installation is so important to the school that on the days that the regular operator is away he undertakes the daily clean himself.

The school which has both day pupils and boarders concentrates on students from disadvantaged communities and aims to improve their future prospects.

To find out more about what Disaster Aid Australia is doing in Timor Leste, and other countries why not come along to our Annual Conference in Dandenong on 19th November.

For more details about the Conference click on the below link:

DAA Conference 2023

Still Safe Water for 1$ per Person per Year

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

Dealing With Rising Costs

Since Disaster Aid Australia introduced its ‘Donor Sponsored SkyHydrant Installations’ in 2018 a lot has happened.

Bhutan installation team at work

With our partners we have installed 116 Sponsored SkyHydrants in the Philipinnes, Bhutan, Myanmar, and now Timor Leste, in addition to units funded from our general funds.

That is over 80,000 people who now don’t have to worry about unsafe water.

Even through COVID we continued providing safe water installations.

One issue we can no longer avoid is that costs, including; materials, travel, and freight have continued to rise. (For example since the advent of COVID our freight costs have tripled!)

After five years of installations we can no longer maintain the current amount of $5,000.

$6,000 SkyHydrant Sponsorship

The DAA Board have approved an increased sponsorship amount of $6,000 for all sponsorship agreement commenced after 1st October 2023.

With a typical installation serving 700 people, and the expected life of the initial filter membranes being 10 years, we are still below the figure of $1 per person per year!

At the end of the ten years the savings that a community can make compared with bottled water should easily pay for a new filter membrane and another 10 years of life.

Cost Effective Safe Water

Disaster Aid Australia will still be delivering cost effective water projects.

Asssment and Community Consultation

The sponsorship amount as well as the cost of the SkyHydrant includes, investigation, training, consultation and the complete installation.

Thanks to DAA building up in-country partnerships this can be accomplished at a very low cost.

The alternative of buying a SkyHydrant, travel to the installation site from Australia for consultation, again for installation, and buying all the components is likely to be several thousand dollars higher.

YOU CAN MAKE A TAX DEDUCTABLE DONATION 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:

DONATE

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