Benefits of the filter

• made locally by TerraClear (a non-profit company) with clay and rice husk
• efficient water treatment
• mechanical filtration
• light and transportable
• advantageous – unit price: 46 € (of which 5€ paid by the family over 6 months and the rest subsidized by the project)

Impact

• Health: reduction of water-related and respiratory diseases by half by reducing smoke in boil water homes.
• Social: reduction of the effort required to obtain drinking water. Improves in particular the lives of children and women.
• Financial: less expensive than other options (bottled water, boiling).
• Environmental: 1 filter means a reduction of 1.4 tons of wood usually used by the household each year. The filter does not require any source of energy, thus favoring the conservation of the local forest.

Project details