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many thanks to my parents and friends who helped provide water filters for 55 families in ghana, west africa.

my good pal sylvia baffour and i decided to undertake this project after seeing a need on a previous visit when she was kind enough to host me at her family’s home in accra. we were humbled by what a difference this small project made in the lives of so many families. we are so grateful to everyone who contributed.

a very special thanks goes out to uncle harry blavo who not only coordinated the logistics for the distribution of these water filters but even spent countless hours driving us around to distribute them. i also want to thank emma baffour, sylvia’s mom, who coordinated the purchase of these filters at a discount, allowing us to help the most amount of families possible. we also can’t forget the very rev. father andrew campbell, ghana’s “mother theresa,” who helped identify for uncle harry and us which areas could best use the water filters. in addition to the areas where we made presentations, a few of the water filterswill be given to a leper community in ghana as well as a village area where the kids have been orphaned by parents who succumbed to aids.

things went so well that sylvia and i are already saving our coins for airline tickets to return back to ghana where we hope to recreate our efforts. our next goal is to help 100 families the next time around. i will be keeping you updated as we progress.