Earlier this year when Lumen students visited Pontevedra, the Philippines they experienced firsthand the lack of fresh drinking water available.
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The students learnt about how access to clean water reduces the incidence of water-borne contagions resulting less in illness among children, helping them stay at school, and helping their families stay at work.
Lumen has partnered with a DisasterAid Australia to provide a water filtration unit for the community.
The installation of a SkyHydrant, which uses sophisticated reverse membrane technology to create potable water will be a significant development for the people of Pontevedra.
Lumen is very grateful to the Social Justice Advocates of the Sapphire Coast who have provided $2,500 to go towards funding the project.
Recently a Year 7 class decided to help and through their efforts the class was able to raise another $700.
