We journeyed to India this past February and continue to be thrilled by the villagers appreciation of their biosand water filters.  We have a growing list of families that would like to have their own.  Your donations are making a profound difference in the lives of hundreds of families.  Thank you once again for your generosity!

Word is traveling among the mothers and wives that the biosand water filters provides clean water that is sweet tasting and cool.  The women are also finding that sicknesses are declining in their families.

Biosand Water Filters Ready for Delivery

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News from Jeanetta:

A few weeks ago, I tagged along with Pervez Kazi as he interviewed twenty families within Nimboli village who had received SNET Bio Sand Water-filters nearly a year ago. The overall response was extreme satisfaction with how the water filter not only improved the families’ health, but also improved the taste of their daily drinking water. Read more...

 In January, TMA opened its doors to the Muriel Manning Tailoring School, its first efforts to establish cottage industries in the Nimboli area. A master tailor with 20 years experience taught the first sessions of the sewing classes with an amazing response by the local women.  Read more here.  If 20 people donate $ 10 a month, TMA can teach 60 women to sew a year. Donate now to help keep this valuable program alive.

Up next—classes in soap making so local women can sell soap on market day.

In the Thane District of India, local women's associations already exist and are active in community affairs.  TMA is aligning itself with these groups to learn of specific needs of the villages and to involve local women in filling those needs.

Our first link is with the Nimboli Association, led by Mayor Anita Ananta Mukane.  Miss Mukane is a promoter of the TMA water purification project and has only good things to say about it. Read a testimonial from Miss Mukane - click here.  Read more...