References

Emergency Drinking Water Kits

Norwegian Government donated 50,000 Emergency Drinking Water Kits for distribution in the earthquake stricken areas in Pakistan. 

UNICEF in Pakistan have good experiences in use of the Nerox filters and were well aware its ability to produce safe drinking water without use of chemicals or sources of energy. Through the local municipalities staff is trained to before distribution to the end users.

Tsunami Relief in Sri Lanka

The first of four Scan-Water Purification Units was in operation on 6 January delivering safe drinking water to approx 5.000 homeless people in Batticaloa. People in the Ampara-district on the south-east coast, Hambantota, Killinochchi and Vanni-region have also been supplied with safe drinking water. Locations are chosen in cooperation with the official Water Authorities of Sri Lanka.

Water Storage Tanks, consumables and Nerox Emergency Kits have also been delivered for this relief operation.

Safe Drinking Water: FORUTs program manager in Sri Lanka , M.F. Marikkar, checking the quality of the drinking water

Kwa Zulu Natal October 2004/January 2005

In 2001 Kwa Zulu/Natal was hit by a cholera epidemic. With a grant from the Norwegian Foreign Office to the Norwegian People's Aid (Folkehjelpen) 7 Em Wat Kits were deployed in the Eshowe area. Refurbishment of the Em Wat kits commenced in October 2004 in a workshop in Eshowe and the finishing touches are being done in January 2005.

The project is being overseen by Senzokuhle CBO Network based in Eshowe.

Seen here in the picture are members of the CBO Network crew with Mam Ntuli, Chairwoman of CBO Network second from the right and Patti Joshua, secretary of the Network on the extreme right.

October 2004 Steinar Langedahl, Chief Operating Officer of Scan-Water in Norway , and Chief Ntuli, the leader of the tribal trust area with a population of some 90 000 people.

Brindisi June 2004

The WFP/OCHA warehouse in Brindisi is an important partner in the UN and Norwegian government emergency preparedness policy. Training the warehouse staff in the use of the water purification equipment secures efficient on-site use in emergencies.

Uganda March 2004

Safe drinking water within a day was the goal Yme had set for the donation and installation of a water purification system in Katunguru. With great local involvement, a complete village water supply system was installed. The pilot project was implemented 3 and 4 Feburary, 2004, and followed up during a project visit in early March.

Afghanistan 2003 - 2004

WFP School Water Project in 4 provinces (Wardak, Logar, Parwan and Kapisa). This project provides approx 18,400 school children in 24 schools access to safe drinking water.
Locally made steel tanks (100 litres) were modified to work with Nerox-02 drinking water filters.

Ethiopia October 2003

Together with UNICEF and the local water bureau (Orymia), Plastec conducted at site training for the staff responsible for use and maintenance of the water purification systems. The Water purification equipment was a donation made by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Wikstrom from NMFA and Mr. Oyvind Orbeck Sorheim from the Norwegian Embassy in Addis Ababa visited the site during installation.

Afghanistan February - May 2003

In cooperation with Yme, installation of the Plastec EmWat Kit 4000 Winter and the training of Municipality staff. The project is implemented by the German organisation DED (Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst). Andreas G. Koestler installed the unit during a training session in mid-February in Kabul.