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 the heat of the afternoon, ten women from the old sewing class came over to see me. Of course, with my very limited Marathi and their limited English, communication was sparse. 

I asked them if either of the teachers had called them over since there were ten of them. They said no.

We were all a little frustrated not to know what the other was saying so we called a friend who speaks both languages. He found out that they came over to see how I was and if they could borrow two pair of scissors from our supply.

I invited them to have Chai tea with me but they declined. Instead they told me to follow them to Nimboli. We entered one lady's home. Here they had been meeting and sewing ever since the Principal Teacher put his old sewing machines in her house. They each had been working on a project and seemed very happy. 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.

On my recent trip to India, we vistied several villages which were using the Shree Nityananda Educational Trust biosand water filters.  Here is one woman who loves her water filter.