Saturday, January 31, 2009

Portable Water Testing Training with Dr Robert Metcalf

Bob and Staff

A Single Drop for SafeWater had the pleasure of hosting Dr Robert Metcalf, the developer of the Portable Microbiology Lab. ASDSW staff learned attended a Trainer's Training for the PML and are currently the only certified PML Trainers and Distributors in the country.

bob water test

Dr Metcalf has introduced the PML in East Africa and ASD in partnership with Crabgrass and Women's Earth Alliance for the African Women and Water Conference introduced it to our women participants from seven countries in Africa.




Monday, January 19, 2009


excavation ready for the delivery pipes.


water at 120 meters above the village. this is in sioasio, sual, pangasinan.

Monday, January 12, 2009

First BioSand Filter in the Philippines

Here's a picture of the first BioSand Filter ever installed in the Philippines. It was a training with A Single Drop and CAWST for Plan International in Catbalogan, Samar.  This filter was installed on an island Barangay called Daram in June 2006.  
A latrine at the shore of Rio Grande de Mindanao: A common sight!!!
....and everyone is enjoying the swimming 5 meters away from it

...and more swimming!!!






Happy New Year! All the guys are here at Palawan!!

BSF Sulu





The WOMEN POWER of Sulu Province fabricating the filters' lids






Sulu's powerful men fabricating and extracting filters











THE FINISHED PRODUCT

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