"Available materials / possible ideas"
Above are images of the Family Portable RainCatcher . . . Click on photo to enlarge
These images are meant to illustrate just how easy it is to catch rain: String up a plastic tarp with ropes from trees or buildings and channel the rain water down to a waiting container. Here we use a clean 30 gallon plastic trash can. Photos are from a backyard and St. Martin of Tours school in Los Angeles. Students are learning how to catch and clean rainwater with Father Kizito, visiting from Uganda.
People all around the world can use this demonstration as a starting point in the effort to provide clean drinking water for families. Please send us photos & stories of your variations on the theme: “Available materials / possible ideas” in tackling the problem of finding & creating new sources of safe drinking water. jack@raincatcher.org
Special thanks to Greg & Wendy Lynch; and Marija Newsom. As a result of their contributions of time, talent & funds, many families in Uganda are receiving our clean water filter systems.