A simple solution provides Cindy and her family with clean drinking water

Cindy lives with her 10-year-old son, her sister, and her sister’s newborn baby in the Old Bank neighborhood of Bluefields, Nicaragua. Originally from the Creole community of Haulover in northeastern Nicaragua, Cindy has been living in Old Bank for several years.

Before the filter was installed, the whole family drank water straight from a well located next to the Bluefields lagoon. Contaminants from the lagoon, such as oil, trash, and fecal waste, seeped into the well and resulted in high rates of infection throughout the neighborhood.

Thanks to the filter, however, the family now has clean drinking water and Cindy is grateful for this simple solution, “especially for the baby.”