I will be sending Grant#5 to TRF shortly which will supply 500
filters to Ak Tenamit. I visited the sight when I was in Guatemala a
few weeks ago. You are correct. This is a fantastic think that Steve
Dudenhoefer has done for the less fortunate people in Guatemala.
George
--- In cleanwaterguatemala@yahoogroups.com, "lewis33021"
<lewis33021@...> wrote:
>
> The Hollywood Florida Rotary Club has granted $1000 for the
Ak'tenamit
> www.aktenamit.org) school/health care project near the eastern
coast of
> Guatemala. The filters are the same as those on the home page.
The
> kit costs costs $50 and uses ceramic filters that filtere 5 gallons
at
> a time overnight I am on the Board of Directors of the Guatemala
> Tomorrow Fund (www.guatfund.org) which raises support for the
project.
> The project started 15 years ago by a young American Rotary Club
member
> and now has about 400 students in a middle/high school and a health
> program for about 25,000 people. The schools are very innovative
and
> include work study every third week, either in the students rural
> villages to design water projects or in tourists jobs like hotels
and
> restaurants. The schools are likely to be models for all of the
rural
> schools in Guatemala. You can also visit the project (which I have
> done three times) and/or be a short term (one week) volunteer.
For
> more information, visit the two websites above or email me.
> www.guatfund.org www.aktenamit.org
>