Gorakhpur Church Celebrates Independence Day with Safe Water

This year, Believers Church in Gorakhpur celebrated Independence Day in a unique way. Taking the opportunity to uplift the needy of society, the office in Gorakhpur distributed free BioSand water filters on 15th August 2012. The distribution took place at Believers Church Belochoura, Mau, Uttar Pradesh.

Rev. Fr. Ram, the local clergy, invited special guests and dignitaries for the occasion. Among them were Sri Ashok Yadav  (Block Chairman), Sri B.K.Choudry (Industries Development Authority), Sri Bijaya Prabharik (Local Panchyat Secretary), Sri Basant Rajpal and Dr. R.S. Yadav. More than 100 people from the surrounding villages attended the program.

During Dr. R.S. Yadav’s speech, he spoke of the scarcity of drinking water in Uttar Pradesh and the contamination of the available water. He shared the fact that dirty water causes many deaths. He appreciated the initiative of Believers Church to provide safe drinking water through a natural process free of cost. His desire was that “this project may play a major role to provide a healthy generation in the days to come.”

Pradeep (regional BioSand Water Filter Project Coordinator) and his team demonstrated how the filter makes polluted water pure and clean. This demonstration amazed the guests and attendees as they saw safe water produced without electricity. At the end of the program, about 25 BioSand water filters were distributed to the villagers by the chief guests. The health and lifestyle of the whole community will benefit from these filters.