Water Filters are desperately needed to help Myanmar refugees have safe drinking water.

1. Myanmar Refugee
Water Filter Distribution
Follow-up
June 10, 2012

2. Overall situation of
refugee camps
There are now more than 80,000 refugees along
the Myanmar/China border.
In Myanmar there are 53 refugee camps with a
total of 53,379 refugees.
There are another 9 refugee camps with 7097
refugees in Yunnan province, in the Baoshan
& Dehong districts.

3. Overall situation of
refugee camps
There are now more than 80,000 refugees along
the Myanmar/China border.
In Myanmar there are 53 refugee camps with a
total of 53,379 refugees.
There are another 9 refugee camps with 7097
refugees in Yunnan province, in the Baoshan
& Dehong districts.

4. Our Goal:
Provide refugees with ceramic water filters so they
can have clean and safe drinking water to protect
their health and prevent the spread of diseases.

5. 42 refugee camps leaders received training including:
Healthy Drinking Water, Sanitation Improvement and
Disease Prevention, QQR Prevention Principles, and
Water Filter Installation and Maintain.

6. Participatory games ： Contrasting the difference
between disease prevention and treatment

7. Learning how to wash the hands and learning
how to train people to do the same

8. Learning how to install the water filter

9. Water filters
located in public
places are more
convenience for
refugees than
going to get clean
drinking water
from a distant
source – leading
to more people
drinking safe &
clean water.

10. Locally its now very hot.
It’s very convenient to have clean water in their
living rooms.

11. Muguaba refugee camp in Myanmar
• There are 1,245 refugees living in the Muguba
refugee camp. Their drinking water comes
from three 10 meter deep wells.
• This camp was built in November 2011. Three
children under 5 years of age have died due to
diarrhea. Marip Seng Dui Mai ， female ， 2
years 3 months old; Labang La
Grawng ， male, 3 years old; Damau Gum
Ring, male ， 3 years old.

12. This well is 10 meters deep, but is very easily
polluted and their bottles are very dirty.

13. Refugees need at least 4 hours to carry wood from
the forest to the camp. Even if they understand
the dangers of drinking unboiled water, they still
do because of the cost to getting wood.

14. Xiang Nan Ra is 9
years old. She was
vomiting and had
severe diarrhea. Her
family used to drink
untreated water at
home. Her mom
said Xiang Nan Ra
had diarrhea so
severe she was
soiling her trousers
two times a day.

15. The doctors requested Xiang Nan Ra take
medicine and drink clean water from the water
filter. That day 17 other refugees were also
treated for diarrhea at the camp clinic.

16. Xiang Nan Ra
and her
mother

17. Like this lady, many refugees are getting sick because
of the hot weather and not drinking enough clean
water...

18. Communicable diseases are common among the
refugees, but good sanitation and prevention
will improve their situation

19. Water Filters: More are needed
67.5% refugees
32.5% refugees can
still have very
now get clean drinking
limited access to
water our ceramic
clean drinking
water filters
water and have a
very high risk of
get sick from
polluted water.

20. Financing situation
(as of June 10, 2012)
• Personal Donations ： 11,060 RMB
• Kachin Government ： 80,000 RMB
• Partners in Hope ： 154,800 RMB
• Grand total ： 245,860RMB

21. Materials Provided to Date
• Ceramic water filters: 1,513
• Drinking Cups: 8,600
• Pails: 1,050
• Basins: 1,050
• These have been distributed at 9 refugee
camps, helping 17,379 refugees have safe
drinking water.

22. Receipt from Kachin Goverment

23. Other Needs Include:
• Rice: Refugees need 200,000 RMB per day worth of rice
• Medicine: for diarrhea, colds, and mosquito bites.
• Education: 1000+ boarding students need scholarship
support.

24. Donations
• Donations of $30 will help 20 people have a water filter to
share and 20 new cups.
• If you are interested in donating, please email Partner in
Hope, Kunming Office’s manager, Derek Chitwood, PhD at:
derek@pihngo.org. Thank you.

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