First water filter distribution.

Today (Saturday) was a multi-faceted day for the team. We got to sleep in late and left at 9:30 for another of the women's empowerment centers, Bagamoyo, which helps fund Springs of Hope orphanage.

After a frenzied buying spree, we headed to a new IDP camp adjacent to the Gituamba IDP community where our work was concentrated last year. This is a community that is being supported by Expansion International, which is constructing substantial houses for the residents. But what they lack is clean water.

SWOK has partnered with them to provide hygiene training and instruction and distribution of water filtration kits. As a team, we shared the hygiene presentation and demonstration.

Following that, Bill did the demonstration of the new Uzima filter kit that we were distributing. These are manufactured by a company that Bill has developed over the last 3+ years to manufacture these life-saving filters for SWOK and other NGO's. Uzima means "life" in Swahili, and it carries two meanings in emphasizing the importance of water to life as well as the new life we experience through Christ. 

He has a cylindrical plexiglass setup to use for the demo, and these are replaced with two 5-gallon buckets

in the kits we distribute. We were blessed with beautiful weather and a gorgeous 75 degree sunny day. We were also blessed to be a part of a work that is so life-changing. 

When we finished the demo, we broke into teams doing personal demonstrations for groups of five at a time with a translator as we distributed the kits and had them show us that they knew how to assemble the kit and clean it. When we were finished, we left for Gituamba where we prepared lunch and got to interact with the people who we had met and worked with last year in the community. The school is nearing completion and should be operational for January.

When we finished there, it was time to head back to Nakuru. The trip has gotten much easier than the two previous trips, since they have mostly finished the construction and most of the road is paved. What used to be a two hour drive is now closer to 50 minutes! PTL!