Posted on September 24th, 2007
In the heart of Santo Domingo is a six-story hospital that sees over 80 people a day. The water supply comes from a contaminated well or a cistern that cannot be safely sealed. All is in place except funding for the project.
Place - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Cost - $15,000
Project Targeted - for installation January 2008. Soon we’ll have a link here with info about this team.
In the heart of Santo Domingo is a six-story hospital that sees over 80 people a day. The water supply comes from a contaminated well or a cistern that cannot be safely sealed.
Confined to a wheelchair due to an automobile accident, a pastor hopes to have a mini-water treatment plant customized for his vision. He passionately wants to supply pure water to his community of over 2,000 people.
Working in 2 communities in the Puntarenas area of Costa Rica, a team will build and install a mini-water treatment in each. At the same time community members will be taught basic health education.
October 8th, 2007 at 6:23 am
In January 2007, I attended Passion, a collegiate conference in Atlanta, Georgia. There I learned of the organization CURE International. CURE was raising money to provide surgeries for disabled children in the Dominican Republic. I had to go! So I began making plans to spend the summer in the Dominican as a volunteer at CURE Hospital. Before leaving for the DR, I attended training on water purification through EDGE OUTREACH. Later in the summer I planned on traveling to Costa Rica with EDGE for a water purification project. My simple understanding of how a mini water treatment system worked came in handy when I got to the DR. While working at the CURE hospital, I discovered that the six-story hospital had water challenges. They had to purchase large amounts of water just to be able to safely provide surgeries. I began talking to the members of the hospital about EDGE OUTREACH and about the water system. After returning to Louisville, KY, I went to Costa Rica with EDGE and continued to keep in touch with the hospital. EDGE sent an experienced intern to the hospital to look at the situation more in depth. She returned, convinced that the EDGE system would work. From there, everything was set in motion. More EDGE representatives visited the hospital and developed a plan for installation. Now we just needed funding and people to go.
In September, SWIMSERVE.com was launched as a platform for mobilizing college students, getting them involved with water purification projects around the world. Students can donate money to water projects, and the CURE hospital is the first project on the list. In January of 2008, a small team of college students from Murray State University in KY will travel to the Dominican Republic to install a water system for CURE Hospital and represent the first SWIMSERVE project team. I am convinced that this is the first of many projects inspired by the crucial need for pure water and supported by the network of EDGE OUTREACH and SWIMSERVE.com.
October 21st, 2007 at 2:01 pm
Hi, I prefer to be called by Middle Name Deborah Jean,how can i get in touch with SWIM? My sister is a memeber and went with edge last year, I ‘m only a highschool student, can I still participate?
October 21st, 2007 at 7:03 pm
Hi Deborah Jean,
You certainly can get involved. You could do so much! You can become a member. You could start a drive at school to raise awareness and funds for projects. What grade are you in? We allow students who have completed the 9th grade to go on trips as well. We would love to get you involved. Let me know what you are wanting to get going with.
October 22nd, 2007 at 2:38 pm
thank you for you help, i am in the tenth grade.
at this moment in time i am limited in funds but what ever i could do would be great. thank you