Health promoters show households the cleaning cycle and how to fit the food-grade drip tap.
Ceramic gravity water filters in Quiché
In the highland indigenous hamlets of Quiché, drinking water is tapped from surface streams contaminated by agricultural runoff and fecal coliforms. This initiative distributes gravity-fed ceramic pot filters fabricated from microporous clay impregnated with colloidal silver.
The system operates without electric pumps or chemical reagents, filtering 99.9% of waterborne bacteria and suspended solids at a rate of 2 litres per hour. The food-grade lower storage receptacle halts secondary bacterial recontamination in household kitchens.
Local indigenous health promoters conduct bi-monthly home visits to inspect filter maintenance using provided soft-bristle cleaning brushes.
Declared progress
Field visual documentation
Operational update timeline
Chronological log of field dispatches, itemized expenditures, and delivered units per milestone.
Target completed: final 120 filter units verified in field
Concluded final compliance audits across five remote hamlets. All 800 units confirmed operational with compliant water testing swabs.
Units delivered in this phase: 120 filters installed and inspected Reported expenditure in this update: €4,560Second delivery batch of 380 filters and water quality sampling
Distributed 380 units with field photometers confirming zero detectable turbidity in treated output.
Units delivered in this phase: 380 filters installed and inspected Reported expenditure in this update: €14,440Initial batch rollout of 300 units completed
Commenced distribution alongside pictorial user manuals in both K’iche’ and Spanish dialects.
Units delivered in this phase: 300 filters installed and inspected Reported expenditure in this update: €11,400
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