{"id":313,"date":"2018-04-17T19:36:19","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T19:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalrelief.co.za\/?p=313"},"modified":"2018-04-17T19:37:23","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T19:37:23","slug":"clean-and-safe-water-with-purification-sachets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalrelief.co.za\/?p=313","title":{"rendered":"Clean and safe water with purification sachets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you found yourself complaining about the taste of tap water? Buying mineral water instead? You won&#8217;t be the first.<\/p>\n<p>Our work among the refugees never fails to remind you how much we take for granted every day. Including clean water right from a tap in your house.<\/p>\n<p>A lack of clean and safe water in the camps for Internally Displaced People (IDP&#8217;s) leads to many problems including the spread of Cholera.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a title=\"Fact sheet on Cholera\" href=\"http:\/\/www.who.int\/mediacentre\/factsheets\/fs107\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">World Health Organization<\/a>, Cholera can kill within hours if left untreated. Safe water and sanitation can stop outbreaks and keep the disease from spreading.<\/p>\n<p>But safe water is no small thing in IDP camps. These sachets are a practical and simple solution. You only pour the contents into a container of water, stir, and leave it for twenty minutes and it will be completely safe to drink.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_223\" style=\"width: 687px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/globalrelief.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/safe-water-sakkies-Picture1.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-223\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-223 \" src=\"https:\/\/globalrelief.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/safe-water-sakkies-Picture1.jpg\" alt=\"Clean water ! \" width=\"677\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalrelief.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/safe-water-sakkies-Picture1.jpg 956w, https:\/\/globalrelief.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/safe-water-sakkies-Picture1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/globalrelief.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/safe-water-sakkies-Picture1-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-223\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clean water!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Please <a title=\"Donate\" href=\"https:\/\/globalrelief.co.za\/?page_id=19\" target=\"_blank\">sponsor <\/a>sachets to give people safe drinking water. R3-50 will purify a 25-liter bucket or container. R450-00 will make a 5000-liter tank full of water safe to drink.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you found yourself complaining about the taste of tap water? Buying mineral water instead? You won&#8217;t be the first. Our work among the refugees never fails to remind you how much we take for granted every day. Including clean water right from a tap in your house. A lack of clean and safe water [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20,2],"tags":[21,31,28,22,23,25,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalrelief.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalrelief.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalrelief.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalrelief.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalrelief.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=313"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/globalrelief.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325,"href":"https:\/\/globalrelief.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions\/325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalrelief.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalrelief.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalrelief.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}