![]() ![]() SOUNDBITE (English) U Khin Aung Thein, UNICEF Water and Sanitation project officer:Īs a joint program between UNICEF and CDA, a factory was set up in Yangon and more than 3,000 ceramic water filters have been distributed to villages and schools in Ayeyarwady division, where surface water is a major source for drinking water. ![]() To better ensure the well being and the survival right of children, UNICEF in Myanmar and it partners are working with communities to develop access to clean and safe drinking water at both community and household level. In Myanmar, more than 30 per sent of rural population still depends on pathologically contaminated surface water sources like ponds, steams and rivers for drinking water. ![]() Lack of safe drinking water is a real threat to children's health and survival. Med shot, woman taking notes beside filtersĢ6.Ĝlose up, wrapping water filter in plastic Med shot, man and woman pouring water into filtersĢ3. "Thanks to UNICEF, I prefer the ceramic water filter than our usual way of purifying water with colth filter because the water is cleaner and safer which is good for health.Ģ1. SOUNDBITE (Burmese) Eh Wah, 26 years old, mother of two children, A Pyin the Phyu village: Med shot, a man is giving his child waterĢ0. "The Happy Family Water Systems(ceramic water filters) is aimed to reduce incidences of diarrhea, by providing economical, effective and sustainable solution for the elimination of bacteria and parasites from drinking water."ġ8.Ĝlose up, woman pouring water in to water filterġ9. Med shot, factory workers use a hydraulic jack to press the two mold halves togetherġ3.Ĝlose up, the filters comes out of the molding machineġ4.Ĝlose up, a factory worker carries the filterġ5. Pan left, signboards outside the factory with UNICEF written on one of themġ1.Ĝlose up, factory workers putting clay on molding machineġ2. "UNICEF is supporting a local NGO, Community Development Association in introducing and production of ceramic water filters that is appropriate method for treatment of drinking water at household level."ġ0. SOUNDBITE (English) U Khin Aung Thein, UNICEF Water and Sanitation project Med shot, woman carrying bucket of waterĩ. Wide shot, school children walking with umbrellaĨ. Med shot, woman giving a baby girl water from a container with a ceramics filterħ. Med shot, man and woman pushing a cart with water containersĦ. Med shot, man and woman collecting water from the village pool.ĥ. Med shot, man loading water jugs on carrierĤ. DATELINE: 30 JULY, 2007, YANGDON, MYANMARġ.Ĝlose up, water dripping from containerĢ. ![]()
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