> To: jaliceadams@yahoo.com
> Subject: CHBC Thailand Water Team
>
> DE Adams and Laura Adams Henderson left Louisville
> 1/15 for Chiang Mai, Thailand. We finally arrived
> the evening of 1/16 and were picked up at the
> airport by CBF Missionaries, Rick and Ellen
> Burnette. After a quick supper Rick and Ellen
> dropped us off at our accomodations for the night.
> We were exhausted and Rick was picking up at 6 am
> next morning.
>
> On time the next morning we left for a location only
> 40 Km from the Burma border, an Acka youth hostel.
> This hostel is a joint partnership between Heifer
> International and an Akca NGO (non government
> organization). Students stay here while they're in
> school in Chiang Rai.
>
> The trip from Chiang Mai took about 3 and half
> hours. The hostel was an inpressive operation. It
> was like a small farm with pigs, geese, a garden,
> and catfish. The students help take care of the
> animals and garden, all of which provided food for
> the hostel as well as income for the hostel.
> Drinking water is a problem in all of these areas
> and the McGuire Water Purifier* we brought was
> possibly the solution in this situation.
>
> Communication was the challenge. The Heifer staffer
> we had planned on being there, (someone they knew
> and trusted) Rick and the UDHP was known to the NGO
> but not to the trible headman so we had to work on
> building a relationship as well as show them a
> technology they had no knowledge about. Rick was
> fabulous. He's learning about the purifier himself
> and he was having to think between English and
> Northern Thai and all of this ain't easy folks. The
> Acka trible leader wanted suggestions as to where
> the purifier could be located with a 250 gallon
> water supply. A corner in the kitchen of the dining
> hall was agreed to, though the installation would be
> done there later. Today we would set up the purifier
> outside for training them in its use. This took
> about 5 hours and was pretty intense. They had many
> questions and concerns. Bottom line, the purifier
> performed perfectly and we headed back to Chiang
> feeling pretty good about the day. The village head
> man wanted to be sure the clorination process
> removed 100% of harmful pathegens in the water and
> Heifer will help them test the results.
>
> We arrived back in Chiang Mai and Ellen had prepared
> dinner at the Burnette's. Laura and I faded fast and
> once again went to sleep exhausted.
>
> Today we are in route to Bangkok and tommorrow will
> begin the long journey by bus to Sangklaburi and the
> River Kwye Christian Hospital.
>
> Please remember us.
> DE Adams
>
>
>
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For more information on the McGuire Water Purifier:
2002 article in the Courier-Journal.
information about New Life International
article in the Journal of Undergraduate Chemistry Research
exhibitor at the 2005 Tenth Annual Global Missions Health Conference at SEChristian Church.
listed under New Life International
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