“You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best you have to give.” - Eleanor Roosevelt
Jon Rose is traveling & working with the team: Jenkins/Penn Haitian Relief Organization*. Read his daily updates from the front lines in Haiti at www.wavesforwater.org
Larry King interview with Sean Penn & Diana Jenkins
“Here comes the rain, here come the rain catchers”.
Soon the tropical rains will arrive in Haiti . . . and we will be there to catch it. Our RainCatcher team is on the ground, having arrived Thursday, 1/21 on a charter plane from Miami. This plane was packed with surgeons, medical supplies, generators & equipment and 1,000 water filters. Our second plane will be arriving any day now from Dallas with 3,000 more filters and tons of buckets and tarps . . . and lots of rope – everything we need to catch and clean rainwater. These systems give each family their own supply of clean drinking water – for the long haul.
Jon Rose, just returning from our Volcano Villages Project in Bali and the earthquake zone in Sumatra, is heading up our rain catching and water filtration projects in Haiti. We have been working round the clock to do everything we can to get long-term clean water systems to the survivors in Haiti. Detailed stories now appearing daily at wavesforwater.org.
Those who want to help us can push the donate button or send checks, payable to; RainCatcher, inc. and mailed to 28990 Pacific Coast Hwy 109-B Malibu, California 90265
To those who have already helped fund our relief efforts – “Thank you, thank you, thank you”.
August, 2009 – Reporter Jarrod Holbrook and RainCatcher Fred Mango document the installation of rainwater harvesting systems on rural schools across Kenya.
A RainCatcheris a simple, ingenious arrangement of gutters, tanks and filters placed on schools in remote places so students can enjoy their own source of clean drinking water. To bring what we do in Africa to the rest of the world, Jon Rose created wavesforwater.org
RAINCATCHER, INC. – a California Non-Profit Corporation.Federal tax exempt status under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code . . . # 26-4310008
In any situation, anywhere around the world, clean, safe drinking water is always at hand – once you have the right tools: 1 – a ‘Just Water’ Ceramic Drip filter . . . 2– two stackable buckets with lids . . . 3– a sharp knife or drill . . . 4 – and one tap. Three minute video:
Above are images of the Family Portable RainCatcher . . . Click on photo to enlarge
These images are meant to illustrate just how easy it is to catch rain: String up a plastic tarp with ropes from trees or buildings and channel the rain water down to a waiting container. Here we use a clean 30 gallon plastic trash can. Photos are from a backyard and St. Martin of Tours school in Los Angeles. Students are learning how to catch and clean rainwater with Father Kizito, visiting from Uganda.
People all around the world can use this demonstration as a starting point in the effort to provide clean drinking water for families. Please send us photos & stories of your variations on the theme: “Available materials / possible ideas” in tackling the problem of finding & creating new sources of safe drinking water. jack@raincatcher.org
Special thanks to Greg & Wendy Lynch; and Marija Newsom. As a result of their contributions of time, talent & funds, many families in Uganda are receiving our clean water filter systems.
to fellow cast & crew members of the TV show The UNIT:
“A new rainwater harvesting system (tanks, gutters & filters) will be installed on several schools in Kenya in our name – The cast & crew of‘THE UNIT’.As a result of this gift thousands of students will benefit from having their own source of clean drinking water for years to come. I am happy to make this happen with you, Snake Doctor” -Christmas 2008
Click on photo to enlarge, then click again to see full size.
Fast forward to May, 2009: Spring rains bring overflowing water supply to the five ‘UNIT’ RainCatcher Schools in rural Western Kenya. Many teachers, student & parents, along with everyone at RainCatcher, would like to to express our gratitude to Mr. Haysbert and the entire cast & crew of the UNIT for your contribution. Special acknowledgement goes to Fred Mango of RainCatcher Kenya – the one who gets the job done.
In 2008 I collaborated on a speech with Dennis Haysbert for an environmental summit in Japan (see video, below). As a result funds have been donated to set up RainCatchers on four schools in remote regions of Western Kenya.
With gratitude I would like to acknowledge the contribution of Mr. Shigeo Ohmori and Mr. Kokichi Nakata from the Youth Summit for the Environment — Kobe, Japan 2008 – and Mr. Haysbert for donating time, talent & resources to this cause.
Because of Mr. Ohmori’s, Mr. Nakata’s and Mr. Haysbert’s sponsorship of our rainwater harvesting projects in Africa, thousands of students are now benefiting from having their own source of clean drinking water for years to come.
Jack Rose
Here is the video of Dennis Haysbert’s speech to the Youth Summit for the Environment:
In 2008 