Drum roll: I have great news to share with you! Our Meru School District received 1st and 2nd prize for the Sanitation and Environmental Health Competition — 2 years in a row. We also received the official “blessing” from the new regime in Tanzania to expand our efforts. They were informed about our ongoing efforts in the schools and health dispensaries and pleased that our clean water initiatives contributed to the District receiving 1st and 2nd prize for the Sanitation and Environmental Health Competition (please see picture and message from the District Medical Officer below):
Message from the District Medical Officer: “Our Meru school district was awarded certificates, car and bikes for winning the competition in 2018 for Sanitation and Environmental Health Competition.They are various factors contributed to their winning among is GSP initiatives of providing water filters/ access to clean and safe water and teaching health, hygiene and sanitation practices in schools and health facilities. “
Our 2019 World Water Day fundraiser was amazing thanks to the generous donations and support from our Global Village! As a result, I am so excited to announce the expansion our “Water is the Life-line of Life” clean water installations are underway to provide 19 schools with 40 filters in Arusha, Tanzania! We’re growing — we now have installed 720 filters in 80 schools, 227 households, 3 orphanages and 57 government and faith-based health dispensaries and one District hospital. We could not have done this with you, so I wanted to share some videos and pictures taken during the installations. Your contribution helped give the gift of clean/safe drinking water and will forever change the overall health of these children. As you know, we unveiled our new innovative cutting-edge clean water technology: The Sawyer and Uzima Water Filter Systems, which will streamline the filtration process by eliminating 100 lbs. of sand and 20 lbs. of gravel that was used to filtrate the Hydraid biosand filters.
Kiswhili Translation:
Ref: Introduction of Global Sustainable Partnerships organization.
Refer to the heading above.
The district in cooperation with the organization of Global Sustainable Partnerships, we have been giving out donations of water filters in various institutions in order to get access to clean and safe water in primary schools, secondary schools and health facilities.
For now, they are continuing with this activity in order to proceed with the improvement of community health in general.
With this letter you are requested to provide close cooperation to successful implement this activity.
Amani Mlay, District Health Officer, Meru District
Message from the District Medical Officer: “Our Meru school district was awarded certificates, car and bikes for winning the competition in 2018 for Sanitation and Environmental Health Competition (see attached picture).They are various factors contributed to their winning among is GSP initiatives of providing water filters/ access to clean and safe water and teaching health, hygiene and sanitation practices in schools and health facilities. “
More blessings from our Global Village: Our Uzima filters arrived today, May 17 in Zimbabwe and will be on their way to Mozambique to provide clean water for 20 families and one primary school that was devastated by the cyclone. “Thank you Kimberly we are now working on logistics and making all arrangements with my team here in Hre. We will keep on updating everyone in this platform. Good Going Zimbabwe United Nations Association (ZUNA)!” FYI – 281 people lost their lives, 400,000 people are without clean water and over 600,000 are displaced. If you would like to help more families, please let me know. No donation is too small!
Ours is a “grassroots” effort, so please help us spread the word about our work. It’s people like you who are making a difference in saving the lives of thousands of children and their families, because once our filters are installed, safe drinking water begins to flow not for one week, not for one month, but for 10 years to come.
Please visit our website and Facebook page below to learn more:
www.gspartnerships.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/gspartnerships
The cyclone needs assessment is overwhelming. There were 281 confirmed deaths, over 600,000 people who need support and over 400,000 people are displaced. Our Zimbabwe working group has provided valuable input,
guidance, cooperation and support and we “thank” our in-country team who has pledged their most valuable time for this mission. We have been in contact with the head of the Command Centre in Chimanimani and GSP donate
filters for 20 families and one primary school. If you would like to donate to our working group in country, donate here and designate your donation to help with purchasing filters. If we can send money to rebuild a church — we
can send money to help rebuild lives! No donation is too small!
Thank you for your continued support! Big GSP Hugs!
GSP is sending filters to Mozambique to bring clean water to cyclone victims
The cyclone needs assessment is overwhelming. There were 281 confirmed deaths, over 600,000 people who need support and over 400,000 people are displaced. Our Zimbabwe working group has provided valuable input, guidance, cooperation and support and we “thank” our in-country team who has pledged their most valuable time for this mission. We have been in contact with the head of the Command Centre in Chimanimani and GSP donate filters for 20 families and one primary school. If you would like to donate to our working group in country, donate here and designate your donation to help with purchasing filters. If we can send money to rebuild a church — we can send money to help rebuild lives! No donation is too small! Thank you for your continued support! Big GSP Hug,
Please join our global village at Smith Commons (1245 H Street, NE, Washington, DC) on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 for our annual World Water Day Fundraiser and to celebrate our new and improved technology. Please invite your family, friends and colleagues to a special evening to enjoy live music, while supporting GSP’s efforts.
GSP has reached a milestone and the key to our success is you! We have served with determination and as a result, we have changed thousands of live in Tanzania! For all of this growth and change — we need you to help us raise money for an additional 200 filters. The filters are $260 and with your investment, the future course we have set is one that will yield real and lasting change. Please donate today — no donation is to small, so please spread the word and ask your family, friends, colleagues!
Global Sustainable Partnerships (GSP) – Helping to Build a Sustainable Future
Founded in Michigan in 2011, Global Sustainable Partnerships (GSP) has installed 580 Hydriad Biosand filters, which has brought access to clean and safe drinking water for over 60,000 students in primary and secondary schools, 200 households, 57 health dispensaries/clinics and a District hospital in the Meru and Karatu Districts in The United Republic of Tanzania — impacting over 250,000 people in 2016! The filters (which last for 8-10 years), closes the gap of re-contamination (in schools, households and health facilities) and also eliminates the need to burn unsustainably harvested wood to boil and purify the water, cut greenhouse gas emissions and indoor pollution. Community health, education, and social and environmental benefits, especially among women and girls, have improved significantly through our relatively easy initiatives that are taught, implemented and sustained within schools and the community at large. In addition, we have launched our hydroponic learning vegetable garden program, designed to emphasize nutrition education, sustainable organic agriculture and food safety in our schools – another tool essential to breaking the cycle of sickness and poverty.