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Indiana School Wind Project
Your offsets will be independently verified to the Verified Carbon Standard over approximately the first nine years of the project’s operations. Terms and Conditions
Carbon Projects
Kenya Clean Water Project
Hydraid filters cut CO2 emissions and provide safe drinking water for families and communities.
Carbon Project Type:
Greenhouse Gas-Reducing Water Purification
Location: Siaya and Bondo, Kenya,
Africa
Year: 2012
Volume: 100,000 metric tons
Standard: The Gold Standard
In rural Kenya, waterborne illness is a leading cause of death for young children, and untreated water is dangerous to people of all ages. Many Kenyans have to make a daily choice: use polluting woodstoves to purify their water or risk serious ailments.
Wood is unsustainably harvested to boil water in Kenya, so burning it contributes to climate change by unlocking the carbon stored in the wood. It also creates significant indoor air pollution. But the Hydraid® BioSand water filter is a safe and practical alternative. It uses centuries-old slow sand technology to remove waterborne pathogens with simple gravity.
By purchasing Help Build™ carbon offsets, you will provide upfront funding for the installation of these water filters—reducing greenhouse gas pollution and bringing clean air and water to families across Kenya.
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Local villagers at this waterhole face many challenges when proper treatment of this water is needed. -
Jeff Bernicke, President of NativeEnergy, Nathan Gachugi of Viability Africa with local landowner, Anothony Marungi, and Kirsten McKnight of NativeEnergy. -
This is a little girl in Siaya (one of the two villages where the filters are being installed) bringing home water on her family's bike -
Vivian Akinyi (Safe Water Team Kenya), Kirsten McKnight install one of the first filters in the employee education center at Dominion Farms.
