Supported with grants from Rotary International, The Mayan Families Charity distributed approximately 50 Q Beta water filters on Monday January 26, 2009 in the village of Tierra Linda.
The women were provided with instruction on how to assemble and clean the Q Beta filters.
Once the instruction was complete, the women began to assemble the Q Beta water filter that they would take for use in their home. 
The filters successfully remove harmful bacteria and parasites that cause water borne disease from the water that is used for drinking and cooking.
Water borne disease impacts primarily children and pregnant mothers; therefore, the Q Beta filters are essential to maternal child health. 
In addition, the filters are distributed to schools so the children will have clean drinking water during the day as well as at home. This is the Mayan Families preschool located in San Jorge de la Laguna near Lake Atitlan Guatemala. The school includes a nutrition program for approximately 25 pre school children.
The Q Beta Water Filter Project is conducted in partnership with approximately 15 Rotary Clubs in the United States and Guatemala. Together these clubs have distributed water filters to provide clean drinking water to more than 80,000 people. For additional information on how you can get involved in this exciting Rotary International program, please contact Sandy Scoggins at sunsandy1855@yahoo.com
I think it is very important that instr. should be easy.
By: reverse osmosis on February 25, 2009
at 11:40 pm