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Date: September 2021

Location: Neighborhood “9 de Noviembre”, Bahía Blanca, Province of Buenos Aires.

Issue:On this occasion, it was not a family that was selected, but an entire community. In 2013, in response to the need to end overcrowding, Sister Constanza Roldán built 40 6×4 houses. Given the vulnerability of the neighborhood, the need arose to create a 310 m2 social center. Then, in 2020, due to the number of people, the Vincentian Solidarity Center was created. This is a space where different workshops, trade and school support, and neighbors come to develop their skills. The center has no potable water and receives 500 people per day.

Solution: Build three water filters (Octopus Filter, Stop Master, and Pura Gigalight) to supply the 212 students attending classes and 60 volunteers. This model has the advantages of ensuring access to water for human consumption. It is a work that takes a week of hard work. This construction was made possible thanks to the companies Pura and Banco Galicia.

Current situation:Construction was completed on September 18, 2021, providing safe water to a community that seeks to grow every day.
We believe that this action is the beginning of a better quality of life.

We will visit them to tell us about the transformation that having access to water just a few meters from their home has given them.

Direct beneficiaries: 6 families

Description: From December 6 to 13 we worked in Paraje “La Peligrosa”, Department of Maipú, Chaco. There, together with the families and Monte Adentro, an organization that works on the ground, we built a cistern that provides safe water to more than 6 families. Today, thanks to this impact, more than 40 people have a basic right covered that they did not have until very recently.

Status: Currently, we remain committed to the agreement with the Aosiciacion Civil Monte Adentro for the construction of 12 cisterns, in order to transform the reality of this community that does not have access to safe water. Already today, 6 families have a cistern.

The site does not have the necessary basic services. The water they consumed was not fit for human consumption. Through analysis that they had and analysis that we did at the time, we were able to prove that it contained arsenic and high levels of solids, PH and alkalinity.

We spent about 4 days getting to know the community, the families and implementing a Safe Water access solution.

We installed the IO MAX filter, manufactured by the company B Pura, in the Paraje Community Center.

This filter solves the problem of access to safe water in the locality, providing the capacity to purify 2,200 liters per day.

Status: Finished