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Our CAWST volunteer shows students the best way to prep the metal mold for concrete pouring.

Newsletter – Fall 2021

Happy Halloween! We hope you are enjoying the fall weather and festivities, and are still staying safe and happy despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Our current newsletter provides an update on our partnership with the Navajo Nation regarding installing handwashing stations throughout their land. These hygienic upgrades will help to lessen the spread of Coronavirus and other transmissible diseases. The Iyanbito Chapter (of the Navajo Nation) requested individual hand washing stations for the families in their community that lacked access to running water. They felt this would have the most significant impact for their community. AVFCW volunteers went to work to find...
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Water Filter Workshop 2020

Newsletter – Summer 2021

We hope you are enjoying the summer and staying safe, given the ongoing epidemic that seems to not be going anywhere anytime in the near future. This newsletter covers a topic very important to us here at AVFCW—volunteering. More precisely, we are looking for volunteers to assist us with all we do. Are you a student or recent graduate interested in global water and sanitation issues? Are you interested in supporting projects aimed at reducing the global burden of disease associated with water quality or scarcity? As a volunteer you need a passion for helping others, an interest in a specific project...
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Navajo Hand Washing Station

Newsletter – Spring 2021

We hope you have had as wonderful a start to the new year as possible, given the ongoing epidemic, and are staying safe, wherever you are. This newsletter covers the recent handwashing station project we have assisted with in Navajo native American communities in the U.S., as well as spotlighting our new board member, Liz Tierney. In connecting with other non-profits that work in the Nation, we learned that Navajo residents typically live in multi-generational homes. Approximately 30% of residents do not have access to plumbed water inside their homes, and many use community wells to fulfill their household water needs. This...
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AVFCW Biosand Filter Workshop

Annual Letter 2020

Dear Friends of A Vision For Clean Water, As this most extraordinary year draws to a close, we at AVFCW sincerely hope that you and your loved ones are healthy and safe as we continue to work through COVID-19 challenges. The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global community is tragic and confounding. Yet, it has shown us that creativity and kindness continue to be an elixir for well-being. Access to clean water is a key component of pandemic prevention, especially for frequent hand washing. In accordance with pandemic guidelines, our volunteers remained busy in the U.S. supporting communities where assistance...
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Eileen Heasley & Nikki Beetsch

Newsletter – Fall 2020

We hope you and yours are doing as well as can be expected during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The AVFCW team has been busy behind the scenes meeting with each other virtually, seeing how our time and money can best be spent to assist others during the continuing outbreak. This newsletter announces some big news: our founder and Executive Director, Eileen Heasley, will be stepping down from her current role and be transitioning into the role of Chairperson of AVFCW. In her place, current Board Member Nikki Beetsch will be the new Executive Director. Nikki joined AVFCW Board in July of 2018...
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AVFCW Summer 2020 Newsletter

Newsletter – Summer 2020

We hope you and your loved ones are doing as good as can be expected during the ongoing COVID-19 situation. The AVFCW team has been busy behind the scenes meeting with each other virtually, seeing how our time and money can best be spent to assist others during the outbreak. This newsletter highlights our upcoming speak, Meghanlata Gupta, who will be presenting at the Troy Rotary Club's virtual meeting at 11:45 a.m. on July 29, 2020. ...
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Meghanlata Gupta

Water Challenges for Native American Communities (07/29)

Below is the press release for the upcoming speaker series of the Troy, Michigan Rotary Club, to be held virtually on Wednesday, July 29th. AVFCW is sponsoring the presenter, Ms. Meghanlata Gupta, who will be speaking regarding hygiene practices in her community. Everyone is invited to join us that day for the virtual meeting via Zoom and learn more about the Anishinaabe people. Meghanlata Gupta is an Anishinaabe student, historian, and journalist from the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. As a senior at Yale University completing a Bachelor of Arts in Ethnicity, Race & Migration, her research and organizing...
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WASH Program Design Online Workshop 2020

WASH Program Design Online Workshop (5/29-6/30)

Because of the recent postponement of this year's in-person workshops, we have decided to work together with longtime partner CAWST to put together an online workshop geared towards though that want to learn more about creating and managing their own WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) projects. Learn more about it and sign up to join us below! Want to set a WASH Program for success and sustainability?  You will be in the class with other implementers from around the globe working together to address the seven focus areas for planning WASH projects. The first edition of the WASH Program Design Online workshop...
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Scott Brills in Cambodia

Newsletter – Spring 2020

We hope you and your loved ones are doing as good as can be expected during the COVID-19 situation affecting most of the globe right now. The AVFCW team has been busy behind the scenes meeting with each other virtually, seeing how our time and money can best be spent to assist others during the outbreak. One way we were directly affected is that we have had to postpone our Spring Workshop until a later date, which we will post on this site as soon as we have a timeline. In the meantime, please check out the latest edition of the AVFCW...
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Water Filter Workshop 2020

Water Workshop (4/23-26, 2020)

UPDATE: the workshop has been postponed due to the COVID-19 situation. Please stay tuned for further updates. This four day workshop provides attendees interested in clean water projects in developing countries with the knowledge they need to create an effective, sustainable program. This is the latest workshop from the Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technologies (CAWST) and enables participants to select approaches that are appropriate for their context, as well as key resources to learn more about the different approaches. Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage (2 days) This workshop has been designed for those interested in starting or strengthening Household Water...
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