Last February, Africa Surgery delivered a portable water purification device to the head mistress of the Free Pentecostal Church Nursery School in Wellington, Sierra Leone. This was one of several machines donated by the Carmelite Sisters at Villa Walsh in Morris Township, New Jersey. This solar-powered device is easy to use, and the school staff quickly learned how to operate it. The device only requires a small amount of salt to treat several liters of water at a time.
We also delivered a device that allows each student to fill his/her cup with safe, clean water. This device is based on the same principle used by our gardeners when they bend a garden hose.
The risk of waterborne diseases, such as typhoid, dysentery, and rarely cholera, are a part of life for most people in Sierra Leone, especially during the rainy season. Children at this school are now guaranteed safe drinking water while at school. Africa Surgery will soon deliver the same devices and training to teachers of the primary, junior and secondary schools as well.