While in Europe we have a culture of recycling rubbish, in the Amazon rainforest the problem of rubbish is increasing. More and more boats are coming to the Yawanawa festival transporting big bottles of water because of the poor water quality of the Yawanawa village.
Along the Igarapé river bank our team found a young Indian with a bag of 100 liters full of empty plastic bottles. When asked what he was going to do with his bag, he said he will burn it as each year. The Indians indeed do not know these products very well and especially do not know their pollution potential.
That moment we started a simple project. We gave two stainless steel water distributors with a side adapted for children, and added two UV filters to sterilize the water. Both machines have been installed in two dining halls for convenience so that everybody can have fresh water of quality. We also installed a filter for the home of the chief Biraci. We asked chief Biraci to inform everybody that the village will now has the latest generation system for sterilizing water, and that it is now forbidden to bring in water bottles.
This was an investment of R$ 10,000.00 to the benefit of the life quality for the people of the forest and the visitors coming from across the world. It also allows to save money on fuel consumption. We observed indeed that each person coming to the festival was carrying about than 15 water liters during the last festival, which means about 9.000 liters of water a year.
On October 20th, 2014, David Sanchez went to the logistics base with all the needed equipment. The transport was provided by the government of Acre in view to provide pure water for Yananawa Festival of 2014. Pure water was be available for all participants, and the village can now count on clean water for a good health. This innovation also makes it easier to welcome foreigners in the native area, hence facilitating contact between our two worlds.
Special thanks to Her Excellence Mrs Marlúcia Candida and Mr Marcelo Rosenbaum, Dr. Graziela Bianco, Sr. David Sanchez and Sr. Patrick Illig and all those who contributed to this project.
Along the Igarapé river bank our team found a young Indian with a bag of 100 liters full of empty plastic bottles. When asked what he was going to do with his bag, he said he will burn it as each year. The Indians indeed do not know these products very well and especially do not know their pollution potential.
That moment we started a simple project. We gave two stainless steel water distributors with a side adapted for children, and added two UV filters to sterilize the water. Both machines have been installed in two dining halls for convenience so that everybody can have fresh water of quality. We also installed a filter for the home of the chief Biraci. We asked chief Biraci to inform everybody that the village will now has the latest generation system for sterilizing water, and that it is now forbidden to bring in water bottles.
This was an investment of R$ 10,000.00 to the benefit of the life quality for the people of the forest and the visitors coming from across the world. It also allows to save money on fuel consumption. We observed indeed that each person coming to the festival was carrying about than 15 water liters during the last festival, which means about 9.000 liters of water a year.
On October 20th, 2014, David Sanchez went to the logistics base with all the needed equipment. The transport was provided by the government of Acre in view to provide pure water for Yananawa Festival of 2014. Pure water was be available for all participants, and the village can now count on clean water for a good health. This innovation also makes it easier to welcome foreigners in the native area, hence facilitating contact between our two worlds.
Special thanks to Her Excellence Mrs Marlúcia Candida and Mr Marcelo Rosenbaum, Dr. Graziela Bianco, Sr. David Sanchez and Sr. Patrick Illig and all those who contributed to this project.