International (MNN) ― Dirty water affects more people around the world than AIDS and cancer combined.
Experts say waterborne-illnesses are a leading cause death. That's why International Aid developed a lightweight BioSand water filter, called "HydrAid."
The lightweight plastic HydrAidTM filter is designed to be easily transported in rough and remote terrain without risk of breaking. It is a non-electric device with no moving or replacement parts and can provide clean, safe water at the rapid rate of 47 liters per hour-- meeting all of a family's water needs, including drinking, bathing and washing clothes.
I-A's Kurt Reppart (reparh) says, "We are planning to install 75,000 of them in the next few months. We're trying to find qualified implementing partners, other organizations who have networks on the ground, who can take this filter and install it in places where they're advancing the Gospel."
International Aid wants to get believers actively involved in the "One filter, One family" campaign. The ministry team believes that Christians must respond actively to the Biblical commands requiring followers of Christ to offer "the least of these" a cup of water and with it, the message of hope.
Reppart offers one practical way to respond. "We enjoy clean water, in abundance, in our homes. What we're called to do is, if we love our neighbor as ourselves, replicate that for another family. We're trying to get churches to sign up each family in their congregation to support one filter. It would only cost $32 to provide a filter for another family."
