This was an original song written in honor of RainCatcher by their music teacher, chorale leader Nsubuga David.

The school already reports a notable reduction in illness and absenteeism and the headmistress – who lives on the school property – and other teachers say it makes a huge difference to have water readily available to give the pupils.

Lyrics of the chorus:

Our dear visitors you are welcome.
to St. Matia Mulmba
We appreciate the good services
given us from Kiyinda-Mityana.
(Our dear visitors)
We thank you for having thought of Kiyinda-Mityana
and having our school selected
for USA RainCatcher support

See Tony get a bucket of bacteria infested water……

See Tony pour it into the RainCatcher filter system….

See the clean water come out…..

See Tony drink pure, clear water….

See the difference……

It’s simple which is why it works!  Tony is now educating others in his village about the filters and raincatching!  If 1 dollar can help 1 person get clean water for several years to life; What are you doing with your dollar today?  If you gave up a cup of Starbucks that’s 3 people you can help.

RainCatcher Board of Directors

Today is a Historical Day. RainCatcher has received support and abundance over and beyond my wildest expectations. Global figures from all over the planet have connected with us and have offered support, media, fund-raising and incredible heart. It seems that the momentum in the last week has been building faster than it has in the last 7 years. People are saying “Where can I help, how can I give – It’s such a quick response and end to suffering!”

People are getting RainCatcher! Easy and simple – fast – and clean water for those who go with out!

More than 1.6 million people die every year from contaminated water – 90% of them are under the age of 5. Well I say – not for long – we’ve put the awareness out there and people are stepping up in droves and rolling up their sleeves!

Blessings, peace and water for all!

Mark Armfield

By plane, truck, boat and foot, the Waves for Water team have had the honor of distributing 16,000 Sawyer clean-water filter systems to the most remote regions of Haiti. These, and 40,000 more, have been donated by Compassion International.

https://www.compassion.com/contribution/giving/water-filter.htm

1-Fritz & Jon flying to north coast to meet trucks for big Compassion International distribution and field operations training. 2-Jack & Zach delivering to Mirebalais. 3-Boat carrying our filters & buckets to La Gonave, an island near Port-au-Prince. 4-Jack & Zach in St. Marc. click images to enlarge

check out  http://carldaikeler.blogspot.com to see . . . This action will bring safe drinking water to 10,000 people in the new year. Carl, and others, are stepping up in a big way to help us reach our goal of Water For Everyone in Haiti in 2011.

Also: Here’s a new article by Jeffrey Trunell Waves for Water: Haiti’s Cure for Cholera http://www.takepart.com/news/2010/12/16/waves-for-water-haitis-cure-for-cholera

In partnership with: UN . . . Compassion International . . . Partners In Health  . . . & other NGOs

Waves for Water is distributing 20,000 Sawyer filter systems throughout Haiti.

http://www.wavesforwater.org . . .  http://www.sawyerpointonefilters.com

google ‘haiti cholera’ for daily images & stories.

1-kids @ traditional water sources in Kenya & Uganda (looks like chocolate milk) 2-Carl Daikeler & Father Kizito deciding to do something about this death sentence. 3-by installing rainwater harvesting & filtration systems on 12 schools in Kenya & Uganda. 4-end result of their decision will be thousands of students having their own source of safe drinking water right at school.

The current Kenya/Uganda Project is a joint effort between Beachbody and RainCatcher.

Our goal is ‘Water for Everyone’ our method: Sharing . . . In places like Africa and Haiti we share solutions with people who suffer from the effects of unsafe drinking water and under-nutrition (from lack of food). In America people have access to safe water, but are obviously suffering from the effects of under-nutrition (while over eating): consuming more calories than they burn.

RainCatcher shares common sense water solutions in developing countries around the world.

Beachbody shares health & lifestyle solutions in America and developed countries around the world. Can read more about this collaboration at  http://carldaikeler.blogspot.com/search/label/Raincatcher.

Here’s a painting at an Argentine UN Military base in Haiti.

Here’s a well known fable – a story I use to describe our work:

‘It’s extreme low tide and tens of thousands of starfish are stranded on the beach. An eight year old girl is picking them up one at a time and tossing them back into the ocean. A jogger has stopped far down the beach and is carefully observing all this. Eventually he walks up to the girl and says with authority, “This is a noble effort little girl, but (pointing up and down the beach to thousands of dying starfish) it isn’t going to make a difference”. In silence the girl bends down, picks up a starfish, and throws it into the water, then replies, “It made a difference to that one”.

Here’s another way I describe our work: In the remote regions of the world where we bring our clean-water systems, the practice of fetching drinking water from traditional sources is akin to playing Russian Roulette (A bullet is placed in one of six chambers -  the pistol is pointed at your own head – you pull the trigger and hope it isn’t your turn to die). When we go into an area and distribute simple bucket filters we are effectively removing that bullet from the gun. It makes sense that kids around the world shouldn’t have to play Russian Roulette every time they take a drink of water.

New video by Jarrod Holbrook – Now showing on CNN: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2010/07/14/holbrooke.haiti.water.filter.cnn?iref=allsearch

and a more in-depth version appearing on Vanity Fair:

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2010/07/sean-penn-makes-waves-in-haiti.html

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Waves for Water story in OC Register:

http://beach.freedomblogging.com/2010/08/17/hurley-teams-up-with-waves-4-water/26907/

Mark Armfield receiving a $150,000 donation from Carl Daikeler.

August 31, 2010. RainCatcher and Beachbody join forces to bring rainwater harvesting systems to ten schools in Kenya / Uganda and our clean-water filter systems to over 100,000 people. More stories soon.

To lean about Carl & Beachbody visit  http://carldaikeler.blogspot.com and read his August 30 post.

August, 2009 – Reporter Jarrod Holbrook and RainCatcher Fred Mango document the installation of rainwater harvesting systems on rural schools across Kenya.

CREDITS

the RainCatcher story

narration – Dennis Haysbert . . . . . . . .cinematography – Jarrod Holbrook

schools in Kenya – Fred Mango . . . . . . . . . . . .music – Wabake by Samite

editing – Zak Hudson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sound – Tom Evoniuk

writer + stills – Jack Rose

RainCatcher . . . a father & son story . . . Waves for Water.

Jon Rose is currently traveling & working with the U.N. & Sean Penn’s team in Haiti – www.jphro.org Can read Jon’s daily updates from the front lines at www.wavesforwater.org. So far, Jack & Jon have distributed 10000 clean-water systems throughout the earthquake zone, and in remote regions of the country, bringing safe drinking water to over a hundred thousand people.

All of us would like to extend a special acknowledgment to Dennis Haysbert, Sean Penn, Diana Jenkins, Patricia Arquette and employees of Patagonia for their extensive donations of time, talent & funds. Together we will continue to bring clean drinking water to the survivors in Haiti.

Filtering Haiti’s Water from Jarrod Holbrook on Vimeo.

If you want to help us just push the donate button or send a check, 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”. . . Jack Rose

How does the RainCatcher water filter work?

Watch the 1 minute video by Jarrod Holbrook – filmed at a school in Western Kenya.

RainCatcher is 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 stack-able buckets with lids . . .  3 a sharp knife or drill . . . 4 and one tap. Three minute video:

For detailed step-by-step instructions:

www.raincatcher.org/2009/05/water-filter-instructions

To carry a few of these in your luggage to anywhere and everywhere, contact   jack@raincatcher.org

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.

Click on photo to enlarge, then click again to see full size.

Wendy Lynch, Father Kizito and Mark Armfield working together with many volunteers and sponsors to bring RainCatchers to 30 schools in Uganda.

As a result of our collaborations the RainCatcher Uganda project is well under way.

Special thanks from thousands of students, teachers & parents to Danielle Light, Lucas Donat, eHarmony & Hotwire for bringing the gift of clean water.

Our goal is a RainCatcher on every school in Uganda.

Casting Call: Local Malibu parents & teachers. With our next RainCatcher video we are creating a link between students in America and their counterparts in Africa. We need two voices – a boy and a girl – to participate in a ‘What if’ dialogue www.raincatcher.org/category/get-involved. This will be a voice-over narration. Looking for middle-school students. Click the VIDEO button above to view a half dozen samples of our RainCatcher videos.

contact:  jack@raincatcher.org