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CLEAN WATER is desperately needed to save children's lives. Girls like this one are dying now. HEART is able to purchase water filters from the Dominican Republic right now to be delivered by truck. You can be a part of this rescue mission. READ MORE

Two months after the earthquake hit Port–au-Prince, Haiti, the Haitians are still in need of water, food, housing . . . the basics. This will be the case for years to come. When the earthquake his, HEART for the Nations was able to immediately purchase 100 ceramic water filters from the Dominican Republic. Now, the rainy season is about to begin which will worsen the situation turning dirt into mud. This will be causing massive health risks since. . . READ MORE

Roughly 5,000 children die every day from water-borne illness. There is a solution. Ceramic water filters remove 99.98% of bacteria including e coli, fecal coli form, and total coli form, cholera as well as Giardia and Cryptosporidium. HEART works in developing countries to stop this preventable death in Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Myanmar. READ MORE

HEART Ambassadors awarded Peace Prize in the Presidential Palace An award for their humanitarian efforts was given to Heart for the Nations in February 2010 during a ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Guatemala City. In the Reception Hall, called La Sala de Recepcion, The Ambassadors for HEART for the Nations were received by Eduardo Prado, the Commendador of Antigua, Guatemala. For the past several . READ MORE

HEART delivers children's books, crayons, and coloring books. HEART Ambassadors Jean Schlegel and Joann Rivera traveled with the Whites to Rural Mixta Xetotoj, a small village on Lake Atitlan to deliver the books and school materials. This town was recently rebuilt in 2009 for the Maya indigenous who had lost everything in Hurricane Stan three years ago. The Principal, David Valescos, and the Ed... READ MORE

Pine Forge Academy translates books from English to Spanish. High School students at Pine Forge translated over 100 books from English to Spanish as a part of project "Children Without Books". For over two months, advanced students in Spanish translated children's books written . . READ MORE

UPAVIM was visited by Ambassadors Jean Schlegel, Joann Rivera, and Michelle White in February 2010 to see if UPAVIM could make a new line of products for HEART for the Nations. The products, brainstormed by Deacon Michael Woodall, are for deacons in the Catholic Church who . . READ MORE

HEART ambassadors visit Maya Traditions Feb 12, 2010. On their trip in 2010, Ambassadors Jean Schlegel and Joann Rivera delivered 100 water filters to weavers and their families who are employed by Maya Traditions. Social worker Marcelle Rankin told them about all the benefits of using a ceramic water filter. Marcelle trains the women READ MORE

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Who We Are

>   HEART supplies potable water in Guatemala, Nicaragua and Haiti. Our ceramic water filters lower child morbidity, protect families from water borne diseases, and decrease child malnourishment

>     HEART raises income levels: Drinking clean water helps bread earners work consistently, thus increasing the family income.

>     HEART provides jobs: Local people own and work in the filter factories.

>   HEART educates: Our program includes hygiene education which is proven to decrease disease up to 50%

What We Are All About

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Every day between 4 - 5,000 children die due to diarrhea caused by unsafe water. The U.N.'s Millennium Development Goal is to halve the number of people unable to reach or afford safe drinking water by 2015. Diseases related to inadequate water and sanitation cause an estimated 80% of all sickness in the developing world. Safe drinking water is a precondition for health and the fight against child mortality and poverty.

The ceramic water filter, invented by Dr. Mazeriegos and further developed by Potters for Peace, solves the problem. The family just pours bad water through the filter in the top, and pure water comes out the spout. Literally, a child can operate it. And it’s eco friendly: no boiling, no electricity or batteries, and has no bad taste. Collaborating with Potters for Peace, Princeton University, Rotary International and churches in the U.S. HEART is working to meet the Millenium Goals.

The Ceramic Water Filter is low-tech, low cost, and eliminates 99.88% of most water-borne diseases. It removes e. coli, fecal coliforms, total coliform, giardia, streptococcus, cholera, guinea worm, bilharzia, protozoa, amoeba, cryptosporidium parvum, and more.. The filtering element is made from porous clay and sawdust, that, once fired, permits water, but not dirt and harmful bacteria, to pass through. Coated with colloidal silver, a microbicide, the filter delivers safe drinking water to a family of six for up to five years. The filter, coupled with hygiene education and follow-up, has a proven track record to reduce diarrhea by 50% and save babies’ lives. Adding hygiene education and oral rehydration instruction increases the effectiveness to 60 -70% health improvement.