In 2018 the Rotary Club of Brighton was approached to partner with the Rotary Club of Taquatinga in District 4530 in Brasil to supply water filters to poor families living in a slum called Santa Luzia. There are about 7,000 families in this community. Most of the families made their livelihood picking through garbage. They have no water supply or proper sanitary. Their water source is contaminated leading to many diseases. Our exchange student Eloisa became a champion for this project and visited many Rotary Clubs promoting this project. Other clubs such as the Rotary Club of Campbellford and Stirling also supported this project.
The overall budget was about $35,000US and it has taken a few years to organize and implement. But recently, about 2,000 clay filters were distributed to the families in need. COVID protocols were followed to protect the families and many volunteers who helped.
This video will be published on youtube, our website, and other media. Clay filters – Delivery May 15th to May 20th/
Six difficult days, but we made it.
You can see what happened these days and a summary of the project in this fantastic video: https://youtu.be/G9yY-kYGA9c
Here you can see some pictures: https://photos.app.goo.gl/P4PFczaVHFq9ojNX8
The next step will be training for them that will start as soon as possible.