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Our Gift to You
We created a *free* video to assist churches and NGOs around the US in their fundraising efforts. Please feel free to share this link or use the video.
If you need it larger, or would like to receive a customized version of this video, please contact amy@sawyer.com.
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Greetings!
Three years ago, Sawyer decided to branch out beyond our US retail market (REI, Bass Pro, Cabelas etc.) and introduce our life-saving water filtration systems to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and relief agencies.
Today, Sawyer filters are being used by hundreds of NGOs in over 80 countries.
Sawyer filters are revolutionizing the way organizations are able to provide clean water instantly both at home and abroad.
We've highlighted just a few of the NGOs that partner with us so you can hear in their own words the change they are making...
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Sawyer Filters Aid After Japan Tsunami
First-hand account from Waves 4 Water:
"We arrived in Tokyo on April 5th at 7:15pm. We had 100+ [Sawyer] filters (can provide 10,000+ people with clean water) on us. What we encountered upon first light will be engrained in my memory forever. Apocalyptic is the only word that comes to mind... There was not a soul in sight... just complete utter devastation.... tanker ships in the middle of roads...
We quickly determined that the best candidates for our program were the little neighborhoods that were right along the edge of where the tsunami waters stopped. These people have houses that are still standing yet they have no water, plumbing, or electricity. In one case we saw an elderly woman washing clothes by hand in her driveway. The elderly woman's daughter, also a mother (of three younger children who were helping as well), was the subject of our filter bucket demonstration. We explained our mission and then offered her family a system. She looked at us and started to cry. She asked us why her...? Why her family? What did they do to deserve this help? It was at this moment that my original intuition about finding pockets of people that, for some reason were being overlooked, was validated. It is these touching moments that symbolize everything we do and why we do it..."
For more information on Waves 4 Water, please visit: www.waves4water.org
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Saddleback Church- Sawyer Filters in Rwanda
Saddleback Church in California has been doing amazing work in Rwanda. Pastor Justin from Kibuye, Rwanda tells everyone about the impact the Saddleback Clean Water Initiative: PEACEwater has had on his family's health and the health of his community. "In our eyes, the water we were drinking was clean, yet the children kept getting sicker and sicker" explained Pastor Justin. "One time, I had four children all in the hospital at once; I couldn't understand."
PEACEwater teams helped Pastor Justin understand germs and disease transmission and tested the local water. The Clean Water Initiative provided a [Sawyer] water filter for his home. "We have people coming from all over to get clean water and we haven't been back to the hospital since," Pastor Justin said, "It has changed our lives and given us hope for the future. Our prayer is that clean water will continue to reach those who don't have it. We are forever grateful for this ministry."
For more information on PEACEwater, please visit www.PEACEwater.org
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Compassion International- Sawyer Filters in Haiti
Sawyer is proud to be partnering with Compassion International in Haiti to bring Sawyer water filtration systems to Compassion- sponsored children and their families in every corner of the country.
"Not only are these filters providing clean water in the wake of the Cholera epidemic, they will be providing clean water for these families for decades to come. These children and their caregivers will never again have to worry that the water they are drinking will give them a deadly disease..."
For more information on Compassion International, please visit: www.compassion.com
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Free Fundraising Video
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Water=Life Video
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We created a *free* video to assist churches and NGOs (secular & faith based version available) around the US in their fundraising efforts. Click on the photo above to watch Sawyer filters aiding humanitarian efforts around the world!
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For more information about partnering with us, special non-profit pricing, or if you would like to receive a customized version of this video for your organization, please contact me at amy@sawyer.com. Thank you!
Sincerely,
Amy Reed
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