Puerto Vallarta Water Filter Project Update

Here is an update on the Water Filters Project in Puerto Vallarta that we contributed to:

Water filters will go to needy families in small communities where it is not feasibility to have public water supply and the drinking water is currently not clean. Families must sign a contract for maintenance of the filters and, since there is on-going Rotary involvement in each community (generally in schools or scholarships), there will be monitoring for continued use.

Andy and Ginny Sall (Ginger's friends) were recently in Puerto Vallarta working with the Puerto Vallarta Sur Rotarians on the Bucket Brigade. See photos.

The funds were used to purchase 165 water filters with food-quality buckets, decals for instructions and related delivery and expenses. The plan is for water filters to be delivered to:

1. Pueblos of Los Rostrojos and Paolo, located 15km south of El Tuito (a small city south of Puerto Vallarta where a Rotary club was recently started),

2. Very small villages near Los Lobos and Los Llanito up the mountains east of Puerto Vallarta, and

3. Fishing villages of Los Animos and Pizoto accessible only by boats south of Boca de Tomatlan.

Funds for the District 5960 grant came from contributions to the Annual Fund of The Rotary Foundation. Other Twin Cities Rotary clubs participating are: Burnsville Noon, Coon Rapids, New Brighton/Mounds View, Roseville and West St. Paul/Mendota Heights. It’s a great Rotary team project for which everyone should feel proud.