Water filter

£38.00

  • Cost example: $USD 27 could provide a 100L water tank with a filter to provide clean drinking water for patients in a cholera treatment unit or for people attending a cholera vaccination campaign. Information on the cholera response: On 8 September 2019, the Federal Ministry of Health (MoH) in Sudan confirmed the first cases of cholera in Blue Nile state. Fuelled by extensive flooding and poor living conditions, the disease then spread to Sennar, Al Gezira and Khartoum states. Cholera can cause profuse vomiting and diarrhoea. It can be deadly if not treated quickly, especially for children. Based on past cholera outbreaks in Sudan, there were fears more than 13,000 people could contract cholera if no action was taken. Save the Children’s Emergency Health Unit deployed to Sudan and rapidly set up Cholera Treatment Centres (CTCs) in Sennar and Sinjah – two of the most at-risk areas with a high number of cholera cases – and supported two hospitals in Khartoum with training, equipment and drugs to treat cholera patients. The Emergency Health Unit also provided technical and logistical support to the Ministry of Health and World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Oral Cholera Vaccination campaign in Sennar state. We transported the vaccine to remote villages via an extensive cold chain system (as the vaccine must be kept between two and eight degrees Celsius to be effective), assisted with training the vaccination teams, monitored the vaccination teams to ensure the vaccines were given correctly, mobilised the community to get vaccinated and provided cholera household kits (with items such as water purifiers, water testing kits, jerry cans and cups) to the most vulnerable families. The Emergency Health Unit supported the vaccination teams in Sennar state to vaccinate more than 165,000 people in just five days. As of 4 December 2019, there has not been a cholera case for at least two weeks and the World Health Organisation has declared the outbreak over. T

HOW THIS PRODUCT HELPS

Erfan’s school didn't have a supply of clean water, so every day he had to take his own bottle of water to school, which would often run out before lunchtime. In the afternoons he would have to choose between potentially life-threatening water or going thirsty. But thanks to a water pump we installed and water filters we provided, Erfan and the other children at his school had clean water to drink whenever they felt thirsty, keeping them healthy and safe from germs.

Photo: Mats Lignell / Save the Children

Water filter

£38.00

Each donation gift helps change the lives of children across the world. Perfect for an alternative thoughtful gift.

When disaster strikes and the only water to drink is filthy, children are especially vulnerable to deadly water-borne diseases. This gift could help provide safe drinking water to keep children safe from nasty illnesses like cholera.

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