 PointONE Filter™ Newsletter
from Sawyer Products
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Photo of the Month
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Picture taken at an orphanage in Haiti
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1,500 more people in Haiti with clean water
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Luke's Mission (LM) based in Durham, NC recently returned from their second trip to Belbede, Haiti where they followed up with 60 women that received Sawyer filters last April. While there they were also able to distribute an additional 36 filters.
On the first trip, LM provided training on how to install and use the
filtration system to the group of 60 women. The women brought their
own buckets to transport the unfiltered water and they were given a PointONE Filter as well as a clean bucket
for the filtered water. Almost one year later, over 1,500 people in Haiti now have access to clean water.
According to April Perry, executive director of LM, the
pastor in the village described the general health of the community as much improved,
and the effect of the filters on the health of the community as HUGE. In
general, he said the mothers rarely report diarrhea in their children now
where as prior to receiving the filters, they had it several times a week.
Story from the trip...
One Haitian woman was standing off to the side of the class for several minutes
and watched as women came up to learn how to assemble the system and backwash the filter. She finally got the courage to ask if she is could have a drink. The woman told LM's interpreter she had been watching the Americans drink the water from the
filter and therefore she felt it was safe to drink. As she walked away with her cup of clean water, she exclaimed in joy that she could hardly believe she was drinking water that came from the dirty
river.
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Before and After
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Sawyer's filters and purifiers have passed the most rigorous EPA tests for water
filters and purifiers. In fact, they maxed out the EPA test at 7 log removal rate of bacteria (99.99999%), something never done before. Regardless, many of the organizations we are working with like to do testing of their own. Although we enjoy hearing the results of those studies, we are not at all surprised by the outcomes.
Sometimes seeing is believing, so take a look at the before and after
pictures provided by
Wade Robinson with SIFAT.
The first picture shows a sample of water taken from a creek in West Virginia. The water from the creek was run through a grid filter paper that catches
bacteria, protozoa, and other nasty stuff. Once the sample was run through the grid filter paper
it was placed on an agar and incubated over night to allow for growth of
any organisms that may be present in the water. As you can see, there was significant growth.
The creek water was also run through the
Sawyer PointONE Filter. Once this water was filtered it was then run through
the grid filter paper and placed on an agar and incubated over night.
There was no growth on the plate that had filtered water run through it.
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No need for bottled water
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While traveling, why pay for bottled water and transport it around when you can drink the existing water and have it be cleaner than the bottled water would have been?
Hearts Afire, Inc. medical mission team went to Gulu, Uganda
July 24 - August 5, 2009. They purchased two purifier units and these were used
exclusively to supply the team of 33 individuals with clean water daily. Normally on these
trips bottled water would be purchased and transported each day to the various
free medical clinics the group holds. "Purchasing the Sawyer purification system saved time,
money and was very convenient. We won't leave home without them!"
Note: Take notice of how Hearts Afire installed two purifiers onto one bucket to double the output.
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Merry Christmas from Sawyer
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40% off our entire product lineFor the next week we are offering a special Christmas discount of 40% off our entire product line. Simply visit the purchase page on www.pointonefilter.com and enter the pass code below. The pass code is only good through December 18th. This Christmas give the gift of clean water, whether you're buying a water filter for a friend that enjoys backpacking or a filter for a missionary in another country.
Enter pass code: spxmas9e
on the purchase page at www.pointonefilter.com
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Tell us your story
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 We would
love to hear your stories and experiences with our filters. Please send us your link, pictures,
testimonials, even plans for upcoming trips. Stories and pictures we receive may be featured in our monthly newsletter. Please email the stories and photos to pointonefilter@sawyer.com .
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Upcoming Events
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We recently returned from a great week at the GMHC in Louisville, KY. It's hard to believe it has been a year since we introduced our water filtration system at the same conference in 2008. Thanks to everyone who stopped by the booth to learn about our filters and to share your own positive experiences with them over the past year.
Next we will be at the AERDO forum in Chevy Chase, MD (www.aerdo.net) December 9th -11th and the Calvary Chapel Missions Conference in Murrieta, CA January 4th-7th.
Hope to see you there!
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Sincerely,
Sawyer Products
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