Press Release (02.15.09)
The Fountains of Eden International, a non-profit organization, is launching its premiere campaign, 7 Wells, on the 1st of March, 2009.
This special campaign marks the renewed commitment of the Fountains of Eden to its primary mission to develop and promote interventions that increase access to safe drinking water through the drilling of water wells; to build village and community capacity; and, to promotes awareness of lifestyles and behaviors that prevent disease.
The Fountains of Eden will work with corporations, educational institutions, and faith-based organizations to develop commitments to drill 7 new wells in Ghana and Kenya in 7 weeks.
7 Wells is a great place to start; but truth is we expect a tremendous response that exceeds this initial baseline of 7.
Contact for more information:
Fountains of Eden
Media and Communications
678-707-9397
Overviews and links to Articles
The Future of Water
Our Executive Director gave a presentation recently at the Sustainable Energy Conference held in Atlanta, Georgia at the Return to Royalty Banquet Center. The title of her presentation was the Future of Water. Her Power Point presentation, vivid with graphs and images, showed with great clarity the state of a water management and access in the world and correlation with disease and mortality in the developing world.
Moringa
The Fountains of Eden is researching the feasibility and value of Moringa Oliefera toward water purification.
“After Moses led the Israelites out of bondage in Egypt, the Israelites complained much about lack of access to food and clean water (Exodus 15:25). For three days, they traveled without water until Moses was shown a tree. When he cast some part of this tree into the waters, the water was made “sweet.”
We’re not sure, but could it be the moringa tree?
Crushed moringa seeds make dirty water transparent within a short time frame. Biodegradable, moringa provides potentially renewable materials for treating water supplies. “The seed attracts and aggregates negatively charged particles like clay and bacteria turning low, medium, and high morbidity water into tap water quality.
In addition to the seed, the bark, root, fruit, flowers, leaves, and gum have nutritional, antiseptic, or material value. For example, the bark and root are used to make soaps and spice, while the seed oil has been used for cooking, and the leaves are said to have more nutrition than spinach.
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