WIN Supports Water Project

Women Involved In Newtown (WIN) visited the World Help Foundation to donate $500 in the international charity’s efforts to help protect the lives of tsunami survivors.

World Help Foundation (WHF), located in an unassuming commercial plant on South Main Street, is gearing up relief efforts and preparing for the assembly of water purification systems that could be on the ground in affected areas of South Asia in as little as a few weeks.

The initial effort to underwrite the assembly of 25 water purification systems, devised by WHF sister company Water For Life, would provide up to eight million gallons of purified water from any contaminated fresh water source, according to company founder and charity board member Harvey Sellner.

“The units don’t desalinate sea water, but they will take any level of contaminated fresh water and turn out about a gallon of fresh drinking water a minute,” Mr Sellner said recently.

Mr Sellner, and WHF Executive Director Mary K. “Kathy” Tauras are organizing the local safe water response for the victims of the devastating tsunamis in South Asia.

Mr Sellner said it costs approximately $1,000 per single household unit, which works continuously for up to six months, before a quick cleaning and maintenance procedure makes the durable units as good as new. Besides the single household units, WFL is also has  fresh water systems capable of serving up to a dozen people a day,

WHF is 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and all contributions are tax deductible. Donations can be sent to World Help Foundation, PO Box 500, Newtown CT 06470, or call 270-7853 to charge a donation to a credit card.

Founded in 1995, World Help Foundation works to increase access to clean water and sanitation facilities in rural areas around the world, sustaining life and dramatically improving health. The foundation has a website, www.worldhelpfound.org, that explains its global projects.