Clean Water Project -- focus of Rotary Club of Albion meeting
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Here is an example of a World Community Service project – helping people less fortunate in the world
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District 6360 Rotarians Dick Laney and Terry Allen were guests at the Rotary Club of Albion on March 29, 2007. They are members of Rotary's Clean Water Project which is dedicated to improve water quality in the Dominican Republic and other countries throughout the world.
Mr. Allen is shown holding a plastic filter filled with sand and gravel that cleans the polluted water that is what is available to many people in the Dominican Republic.
In the photo: District 6360 Rotarians Dick Laney, left, and Terry Allen were guests at the Rotary Club of Albion on March 29, 2007.
The water often contains disease causing parasites, viruses, toxins and/or bacteria. As a result of polluted drinking water, diarrhea, especially in infants and young children, is one of the leading causes of disease and death in developing countries.
The original filters were made of concrete and were very heavy to transport and install. The new ones made of plastic weigh only 15 pounds. Both types of filters are made both in the United States and the Dominican Republic and have been proven to save lives.
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