Waves For Water bring water filters to Haiti - thanks to Hurley and Nike

Did you know that 1 in 8 people don't have acces to clean drinking water? Pro surfer Jon Rose knew, so had enough of just giving stickers and t-shirts out on surf trips to developing communities.

So on his next trip to Sumatra in September 2009, he took along ten water filters to give to locals. Then an earthquake hit...

Jon's simple plan became much more, as he gave his filters to rescue workers, and realised the huge impact something so small could have on lives. Waves For Water was born - inspired by his father, Jack Rose, who'd started the non-profit organisation Rain Catcher, which educates villages in Africa on how to catch and filter rainwater.

Shortly after, disaster hit Haiti with a devastating earthquake that killed over 200 000 people and injured another 250,000. Jon quickly acted to team up with actor Sean Penn to work with the UN to distribute water filters from military bases to tragedy hit communities.

So far they've brought 11,000 small, portable filters to Haiti (clean water for more than 100,000 people) and Waves For Water is now working with communities in Pakistan, Chile, Indonesia, Japan and more.

Watch the inspiring video below to see the next stage of their GameChanger project in Haiti - thanks to supporters Hurley and Nike - plus Jon's story below. To find out more and get involved - via a donation or being a clean water courier - head to wavesforwater.org.

As Bob Hurley, founder of Hurley International says:

"There are people who die from not having clean water, little kids... it's just tragic. Twenty dollars can give a family clean water for a year. Who doesn't have $25? You go to Starbucks and spend that."

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water coolers

Since you receive water from your regular water supplier, you won't be recommended to come up with sending schedules, or handle lifting large water bottles. You don't have the constant drudgery of changing over your empty water bottles for completely new full large water bottles, after which requiring you to keep the unfilled ones until people get picked up. You don't have to be concerned that they might delivered you the wrong sort of water package that does not suit your dispenser. Aside from that, bottleless coolers are useful. Some even give two water temperatures - hot and cold. Choosing is not hard, and from one filter system you can have either on the spot hot water for herbal tea, hot chocolate, soup or coffee, or ice cold water for frosty drink blends, or perhaps to drink on your own.

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Each of these purification technologies must be used together, in a certain sequence (which is: first, the physical water purification; second, the chemical water purification; third, the biological water purification). When combined, these three ways of purifying a liquid can produce water that is free of any contamination.

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Props to Jon Rose. That is an amazing thing he's doing. Also major props to Hurley and Nike for being supporters. I know we here at Backside 5 fully support this cause!

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