We're Back

Hello, friends,

As you may have noticed, we have taken a little break from social media these past few months. This is not due to a lack of effort or attentiveness from our staff. Rather, we believe that in order to make a meaningful, sustainable impact on the world we have to put forth our absolute best effort in every facet of our organization.

I am glad to tell you that the time is now.

We have been working hard behind the scenes re-designing our website, updating our photos, establishing contacts, and much more. Our Tulip Water Filter Project in Nicaragua is already in its fourth month, and we look forward to providing you with detailed updates both here and on our website.

Stay tuned. This blog will now be the main form of updates for you, our supporters, as well as our Facebook page and Twitter account (@ThePWAP). Exciting things are ahead.

PWAP

Release the World

Friends, we are less than one month away from our departure for Nicaragua. As we make final preparations pertaining to this first study, we are excited to announce a new partnership we have recently made.

Release Sunglasses is a Cleveland based sunglass company that is focused on making people "See The Vision". What's The Vision? The Vision is the idea that the small trials of life should not deter you from making every crazy dream a reality. A reminder to stick with your passion, and to do what you love. Release wants to pass on this vision to all.  The word Release is there to remind you every day to take on your wildest ideas and to let nothing stop you. Follow your own path. Release.

During the week of February 20th-27th, Release will be promoting Pure Water Access Project and donating 50% of ALL SALES to PWAP. Needless to say, this is an incredible opportunity for our organization, and we are thrilled to partner with a company that we philosophically identify with so strongly. So take a few minutes to check out their products at Release and purchase some sunglasses as a donation Pure Water. 

Look good, feel good.


PWAP 

Five Weeks Until Departure

Hello once again, friends. It's hard to believe that we are only five weeks away from getting on a plane and heading to Managua, Nicaragua, but it's true! A lot of hard work has gone in to getting this far, but this is only the beginning. We are thrilled to be heading to Nicaragua to study the efficacy and sustainability of the Tulip Siphon Filter. This first study will lay the ground work for all of our future studies around the globe, and we are looking forward to keeping you informed along the way. While in Nicaragua, we will be blogging and posting videos and photos daily so that you can see exactly where your support is making a difference. Remember, none of this is possible without the support of people such as yourself, and we thank you for that.  Our trip will be taking place from March 17th to March 24th.

In the mean time, we are working to solidify PWAP's long-term future. Establishing chapters at various Universities through our Educational Outreach Program remains a priority, as does increasing our marketing and outreach. We are excited to announce we will be working closely with Students Consulting for Non-profit Organizations (SCNO), a student-led initiative through Ohio State University's Fischer College of Business, over the next few months to help define and reach these goals. Needless to say, this is a very exciting time for Pure Water Access Project and we are so glad to have you along with us.


Stay tuned on facebook and twitter for more updates throughout the week. Also, your feedback is always appreciated, so don't hesitate to continue to reach out to us on any of these platforms!

Have an amazing week, and think about how you can be a part of something bigger.

PWAP

T-minus Seven Weeks...

Hello once again, friends! A lot has been happening in the past week with Pure Water Access Project, and we are excited to see so much support coming from the community. Our facebook page and twitter account continue to grow, as does our list of donors. With only seven weeks left until we depart for El Bejuco, Boaco, Nicaragua, we are working hard to ensure that your money and our time and effort is being put towards conducting the most thorough and efficient study as possible.

Many of you have been generous in offering contacts who may be able to help us grow as an organization, and we are also busy pursuing those. In addition to these various people, we are reaching out to local businesses and church groups for potential endorsements. Again, the response has been incredible, and we are so glad to see how many people believe in the cause!

Overall, things are progressing smoothly. We are finalizing approval of the study through the International Review Board, and that will be one of our final matters of business to attend to before departure. Stay tuned on twitter (@ThePWAP) and facebook (www.facebook.com/ThePWAP) throughout the week.

Til next time,
PWAP

Progress, progress, progress...

Happy Saturday, people! As we move into the latter half of January, I want to provide you all with some much needed updates on what we have been doing to prepare for our trip to Nicaragua. We will be traveling to the rural town of El Bejuco, in the state of Boaco, to carry out our first case study. This trip will focus on the sustainability and success of the Tulip Water Filter. Our target population will be the small rural demographic that resides in El Bejuco, and we will educate these people on basic hygiene and sanitation knowledge. Once they demonstrate a set level of understanding on this, we will distribute one Tulip Water Filter per household, and educate the recipients on its use and care.

But our mission doesn’t stop there, and this is where our organization differs from so many others. We will perform follow up surveys after three months, and then again one year post-distribution of the filters.  The design of our surveys and the information we will be gathering will allow us to really examine what cultural hurdles we must overcome in establishing a sustainable model of water filtration for people on a large, international scale. The Tulip Water Filter Study is just one of many studies that we will be carrying out, and is focusing on one of just many filtering options available.

From a long-term standpoint, this is the first step in a ongoing process to objectively analyze cultural factors that hinder the sustainability of water sanitation projects. However, there is immediate impact here from your donations, as we are providing approximately one hundred water filters to families who otherwise would never have such sanitation conditions.

With your help, we can make this happen. Please, be a part of something bigger and donate here. Your support means everything to us.

Thank you, we will be updating you on our progress in a week on this blog.

Best,
PWAP

Continuing Our Mission

The Pure Water Access Project has been hard at work expanding our contacts and continuing to raise funds for our first field study on the Tulip Water Filter. In order to help achieve our dream of solving the water crisis we have teamed up with Global Water. Global Water is an international, non-profit organization who shares our vision of a world without thirst, and we are very excited about working with them. The water crisis is a problem that will only be solved with widespread cooperation across all levels of involvement, including you. If you have any comments, questions, or general suggestions, please feel free to contact us. You can make an impact in this crisis. Donations can be made at our website.

The Return of the Blog

Hello again, followers. Summer is over and Pure Water Access Project has been hard at work pursuing opportunities to conduct our first field studies. We are thrilled to announce that we will be traveling to Nicaragua in spring of 2012 to carry out a study of the Tulip Water Filter! To read more about the Tulip Water Filter, please visit our website. In addition to the Nicaragua project, we have been working to help create student organizations at high schools in Cleveland and Columbus that are focused on the water crisis. These organizations are a great way for high school students to learn about not only the water crisis, but also the functioning of non-profit organizations, public health, and research before they even begin their college careers. These are only a few of the projects that we are working on right now, and there is a lot of effort being put in by everyone here at PWAP. Needless to say, we are really excited about the direction that PWAP is going.

But we are only getting started, and we need your help to fight the water crisis. Donations are very much appreciated, tax deductible, and utilized in this manner. Please consider being a part of something bigger and making a donation before you are done visiting the website, every dollar makes a difference.