Nadi filter water solution

Pakistan facing huge water shortage problems in terms access to safe and clean drinking water, The problem with regards to water quality in the proposed district does not end with microbiological contamination. Waterborne diseases and patients ratio in district Hospitals very high, during May 2022 in one District Hyderabad some 500 patients admit in one day, the situation even adverse in remote areas. Groundwater, especially shallow groundwater is brackish, in many sites in Sujawal is contaminated with dangerously-high levels of arsenic. Long-terms exposure to the high levels of arsenic found in drinking-water which reduces child survival, lead to cognitive impairment, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer. The proposed Nadi filter & water conservation improve health impact on rural poor women and children and to reduce microbiological contamination & provide them with access to safe and clean drinking water at their household level.  

In addition, majority of farming communities belongs to Hindu Minority with deep poverty due to illiteracy and basic health facilities their women and children remain submissive and poor as compare to other communities, shortage of labor and water and health facilities also increasing problems for the target communities, this project will bring new hope for the targeted poor families to have access of safe and clean drinking water. Thus this needs a renewed commitment to improve water quality, installation of the AHD Nadi Water Filters and construction of water conservation/ponds/ tanks would provide a low cost community based solution to the communities at grassroots level.

In the light of aforementioned facts and findings Association Humanitarian Development (AHD) team identified and prioritized 4 Districts of Sindh (Thatta, Sujawal, Tando Muhammad & Badin) are most vulnerable villages where poor rural farming communities have been facing major development challenges in terms worsen socio-economic condition, non-availability of safe and clean drinking water facilities, health, electricity and water borne diseases issues are also the major challenges of these villages of District Sujawal. In this connection.  

The rural areas of Sindh, Pakistan communities had to use to drink contaminated canal water for drinking purposes, about 70% rural communities in Pakistan still drinking contaminated water and children age less than 5 years and mother health affected due to drinking dirty water in 2003-2005. In 2003, approximately 500 children death incident happened in District Hyderabad, Sindh. The drinking water facilities in Sindh were not satisfactory and up to the mark according to the need of people. This worst situation has driven the motivation of Association for Humanitarian Development (AHD) to take an action for the betterment of people. To overcome the challenges of access to safe and clean drinking water.

Association for Humanitarian Development has intervened in this sector and innovated with a low cost community based solution model in between 2006-2007 under name AHD Nadi Filter Units. Initially it has replicated in some deprived villages of Sindh and then after the positive result of this innovation, it has scaled up through the different districts of Sindh and Pakistan.

AHD Nadi filter technology is sustainable in its design, cheap, innovative and locally adoptable at anywhere in the world. The Nadi filter unit’s pots made by mud and mud available in Asia & Africa as well as all over the world. Its material is available at all level including national and international level. It can be replicated in different regions and other countries as well. Nadi Filter Unit innovation is flexible in all situations and its 100% community based solutions which can be replicated and promoted all level including other regions and countries. The innovation made with major objective of using limited available resources, particularly commonly used mud pots for water storage (such as; Nadi) in rural household for filtration that could sustained itself, without any external interventions. The specification and details about the innovation of Nadi Filter Unit comprises on different steps. The AHD Nadi filter innovation made from local material available in rural areas and communities residing in far & scattered areas can easily build through their own. The 14 steps to prepare Nadi filter. The positive and sustainable impacts can be seen in the communities of Sindh and Pakistan. The local communities owned this innovation and promoting it at household level. Since, AHD Nadi filter Unit is immensely different from other health care activities. Communities engaged in development and peace process and they are presently taking interest to design the Nadi Filter Unit by themselves and even promoting the same innovation through replication and supporting to the other communities at wider level. They are now sensitized and aware about their basic fundamental human rights of clean and safe drinking water. The socioeconomic condition of the indigenous people improved and ensured. 

Association for Humanitarian Development won APFED showcase award for 1,000 families in Jati area and then 2008-2021 AHD supported by Oxfam Pakistan, Help Alliance Germany, Lufthansa Airline, WHO Pakistan, GSK UK, Misereor Germany, Care International, SDPI Islamabad, UNEP-APFED and ADP & Oxfam GB. AHD successfully reached 85,500 families and with other NGOs the total Nadi filters reached in Pakistan figures goes 300,000 in Pakistan rural people, NGOs, INGOs and private organizations doing this and helping poor rural people with access to safe and clean drinking water in 3 million people.  

AHD Won GSK- UK “Healthcare Innovation Award https://youtu.be/9Tcukhbxzm0

Nadi Filter drinking water video:  https://youtu.be/bdLjSxo8k-0

Video of Kisumu Africa Women Happy: https://youtu.be/iNc-3E2LB6g

The Sujawal is one of District in coastal belt of Sindh province of Pakistan. It is located at 24°36'23" of North and 68°4'19" of East and is bordered in the northwest by the Indus river which separates it from Thatta District. The district has an area of 7335 km². Sujawal District is subdivided into four Tehsils including Jati, Bathoro, Shah Bandar and Sujawal with 30 Union Councils. The classification of UCs as Jati has 7 union councils while Mirpur Bathoro has 8, Shah Bandar 6 and Sujjawal has 9 Union Councils (UCs). Sujjawal is an agricultural city with a few industries located near it. It is a multi community and ethnic city containing different sects and religions.  

Majority Sujawal district population is engaged in agricultural farming & fishing activities in deep sea. Agriculture is one of the significant sources of income generation of indigenous farming people. Main crops grown in the district are: rice, vegetable, grass & sugarcane, rice, wheat and cotton also grown. Majority of local population engaged in different professions including labor, marginal farmers, small share croppers and fishermen. Sujawal district facing so many challenges in terms high rates of unemployment, worsen socioeconomic condition of the poor rural farming communities. Besides that it’s also facing environmental and climate challenges; health, educational, water, roads and electricity facilities are also not satisfactory for achieving any sustainable development.  

Shortage of Irrigation Water: 75% of the District Sujawal population is dependent agriculture sector and irrigation water but due to consecutive water shortage people now depending on the rain water, ponds and lakes. The ground water is mostly brackish and not fit for drinking purposes. Being the deprived area, the surface water can’t be uplifted and source of terrestrial water is away from the district. The dependency on the ponds and the rain water itself is not encouraging as the consummated water is contaminated. Small ponds and lakes are available at outmost of villages, where the villagers use that water throughout the year. Even the water taken from ponds and lakes is also not safe and not purified. There is need of any proper water conservation tanks/ponds and filter units at the villages where it can be used to filter the rain water and water taken from the wells.

AHD is community based organization and its Board of Directors 7 members active and very high professional to help poor rural communities and support them towards sustainable development

AHD Board of Directors:

1. Abdul Khurshid Bhatt, CEO AHD Pakistan and Founder member AHD and Nadi filter innovation & development professional

2. Nadi John, finance secretary

3. Mrs. Tomsina Zahid, Vice President and Medical expert

4. Mrs. Shazia Saleem, Secretary and educationist

5. Dr. Ebenezer Jalal, director and Doctor specialist of eyes and medicine
6. Mrs. Saiqa Kaleem, Director, Educationist

7. Dr. Victoria Mehwish, Director and Doctor

AHD staff 23

AHD Volunteers 55

the BoD members and staff highly skilled and can help 20,000 poor rural families in just 6 to 12 months and in one year make a milestone

AHD facing funds shortage from 2019 to 2022 as COVID-19 and shutdowns hit foreign funding

AHD applying to this challenge for the possible support and won prize and utilize the amount for 5,000 poor families provision of Nadi filter units to access to safe and clean drinking water for 50,000 families

no cultural and any legal issues as Govt of Pakistan helps AHD to promote this mud pot technology as its local based and no item procured or import or export needed

simple technology just needs to make skill training and replicate this Nadi filter in rural poor people

AHD Nadi Filter water technology adaptation of the centuries old slow sand filtration. The Nadi filter innovation made up during 2005-2006 when some 500 children death due to waterborne diseases by Taluka Hospital Hyderabad Govt of Sindh Pakistan and then AHD humanitarian team & research fellows started working on Nadi Pots to solve drinking water issue in Hyderabad Sind. Nadi filter is made from mud, mud available at local level affordable, sustainable household technology, proven to be very effective in improving the quality of water to make it safe for drinking, cooking, bathing, and cleaning.

The average cost of a Nadi filter in Pakistan, which normally serves a household of 12-20 people is only Rs 3,500-4,500/=. That includes the cost of material, installation, transportation, the cost of training on the filter operation/maintenance and important health and hygiene education. AHD Nadi Filter remove 95.0 to 99.0% of organic contaminants, including bacteria, viruses, protozoa, worms, and particles. Safe water produced by the filters is free of discoloration, odor, and unpleasant taste. The most common home-based models can produce between 20 to 30 liters of water per hour & 50 to 60 liters enough for 8 to 12 households for one day.

AHD working in Sindh Pakistan, Hyderabad region focus on 16 districts most poor and deserving for safe drinking water, AHD established warehouse can store 5,000 to 10,000 Nadi pot material &  training & material provision to NGOs, CBOs and community leaders, AHD trained more than 35 Artisan / mud pot makers and doing making Nadi pots at large scale in cities Nadi & Mattaka available in local market people purchase and make their filters but still it is limited as AHD reached 85,500 people and with other NGOs and INGOs we reached only 300,000 families sill long way to go, AHD Nadi filter never ends people use it long as they living and mud pot now prepared on large scale and venders / mud pot makers making these pots, AHD working with different groups, media and Govt line departments to scale up Nadi filters, the next target is to reach 1,000,000 million rural poor families in Pakistan and also AHD reached Asian and African countries different organization and helping in Kenya 200 Nadi filters, Uganda 4,000 Nadi filters, Malawi 200 Nadi filters & Zimbabwe 500 Nadi filter in 2021-2022.

The yearly data we manage and our IT officer do excel sheet data count NIC card number and mobile contacts etc. as per update 2021 December AHD reached 85,500 families via excel sheet data and 300,000 via other groups of NGOs and CBOs. These all achievements in just 15 years 2006-2021 and now AHD focus and fully prepared to target 1,000,000 one million families till 2030 agenda. As per AHD plans and preparations to focus Nadi filter tackled well and during COVID-19 target minimized to 3,500 per year 2020-2021. But 2022 is good we find support for 6,000 Nadi filters so far and hope during August to Dec 2022 AHD fund raising team will raise funds for 6,000 more and hope for 2023 target is 12,000 Nadi filters, we looking support from donors for Pakistan and Africa.

Nadi filter solution is totally local based, no nay technique or machine or technology needed just mud needed and local artisan who already making mud pots on large scale in Pakistan and all over the world, the local artisan / mud pot makers once get design and mobilized than can prepare Nadi in just 2 days. Theory totally depend on skills. AHD team experts to trained people in just one day training and once the training Nadi filter given than man or women install their Nadi in front of AHD trainer and then fallow up and the Nadi prepared first time will rung 10 years to 20 years or more.

WASH Objectives:

• To enable people to access to clean water
• To increase the level of knowledge among beneficiaries about safe water sources
• To promote the safe use of potable water by setting-up Nadi water filter units within selected communities
• To provide 5,000 Nadi filters to 5,000 poor families (50,000 users/households)
• To form 200 CBO / SHG and increase level of awareness on personal hygiene and environmental cleanliness in beneficiary communities within 6 months

Expected Results:

·      Beneficiaries have access to safe water sources

·      Increased awareness on good hygiene practices - Beneficiaries understand water related diseases

·      Adoption of effective and efficient hygiene promotion

·      Water related diseases reduced

·      Safe drinking water sources available in the target communities

·      Increased knowledge of how to use safe drinking water

·      At least 5,000 Nadi water filter units in the communities in the use

·      Mothers have access to safe water sources during the labour and postpartum Diseases cases reduced, waterborne disease prevented

Healthcare Objectives:

• To reduce morbidity and mortality associated with the most common waterborne childhood diseases
• To increase the competence of health care providers and strengthen the efforts of the local health system
• To increase access to basic healthcare
• To eliminate 50% the health risks related to lack of clean drinking water To maximize health benefits of the people and improve access to potable water and sanitation facilities 

Expected Results:

·      Decreased number of chronic and waterborne diseases

·      Increased awareness about waterborne diseases, and other health issues among patients and healthcare providers

·      Local health care providers trained

·      Local healthcare facilities equipped with most necessary equipment and lifesaving birthing kits Morbidity reduction in target populations

Well being:

Objectives:

-To improve the well being of target communities

-To build capacities of village community members through trainings and workshops

Expected Results:

·      Improved quality life and wellbeing

• Less medical expenses Reduction of the poverty level of the beneficiaries

Nadi filter made from mud and good mud available everywhere and skills make possible to install this Nadi filters. So simple and easy. Please check this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBvclfeW_NA

AHD Media Active to attract funding and networking:

Website: http://www.ahdpak.org/ LinkedIn Network: https://www.linkedin.com/in/a-khurshid-bhatti-25698b10/ Facebook Network: https://www.facebook.com/khurshid.bhatti AHD Won GSK- UK “Healthcare Innovation Award https://youtu.be/9Tcukhbxzm0 Nadi Filter drinking water video: https://youtu.be/bdLjSxo8k-0 Video of Kisumu Africa Women Happy: https://youtu.be/iNc-3E2LB6g AHD Won ENERGY GLOBE https://www.energyglobe.info/pakistan2019?cl=en&id=331184

AHD HR & IT program managers file data entry on excel sheet and apps for program, we count people who got trained and got Nadi filer solutions and keep data save at our end

data available from 2008 to 2019

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One billion people lack safe drinking water. Every day they risk their lives and health by drinking from contaminated sources: they are missing out on a basic human right. Here the AHD Nadi filter can make a difference, providing safe drinking water, right where it's needed most: at household level, because it effectively purifies contaminated water.

Cheap and simple, yet effective. Dedicated to spreading knowledge of this unique technology, we believe this filter can make a difference, save lives in just US $ 10 for 12 months or one year, where other technology fails or is too costly.

AHD Nadi filter have a multiple benefits for the poor communities, once install Nadi filter unit at their household level than:

•  1 one Nadi filter unit can save 5 to 10 US $ per month of a family
•  save cost of travel and transportation as canal water or ground water can be filtered for drinking purposes 
•  Women work load reduced to fetch drinking water from 1-2 km away from their house
•  women and children health improved and about US $ 10 to 20 saved on monthly basis for 1 family (saved from water borne diseases)
•  Energy saving as local material used to prepare Nadi filter unit
•  from 1 Nadi filter unit 20 to 30 people can have safe and clean drinking water ….positive change in society
• Nadi filter unit installation also bring peace in different villages sharing technology will be the source of peace

AHD Business model is a skill based technology, self-explanatory and adoptable at local level all ove the world, the vision of AHD Nadi filter to multiply Nadi filters via skills and one by one people learn and promote, Example: during 2006-2007 only 1 to 100 Nadi filters and in 2008 and further on gone high 4,000 to 30,000 and when our team count in Dec 2021 gone 85,500 to 300,000. Now in Pakistan some 07 NGOs doing this and helping their people

AHD wants to trained Nadi filter skills on large scale and help people to use this technology and save themselves from drinking contaminated water and help their brothers and sisters

Proposed Budget for 5,000 poor families in one years from Oct 2022 to Sept 2024 by AHD Pakistan

S. No

Name of Activity                                                                    

No. of Units

Unit Value in US $

Total Project Value in US $

1

Nadi filter units for 5,000 families   includes (Nadi 30-32" Mattaka, Pipe 30" & Net)  in 200 villages                      

5,000

20

100,000

2

  Training workshops TOT             

30

250

7,500

3

Staff salaries for 3 staff              

12

400

14,400

4

Project Director

6

550

3,300

4

Finance Manager

6

450

2,700

6

Office Computers                    

2

750

1,500

7

Office rent field office 12 months only   250*12

12

250

3,000

8

Nadi filter documentary           

1

500

500

10

Office Furniture field office & head office      

1

1,000

1,000

11

Supplies, telecommunication & Internet

10

150

1,500

12

Rental of Toyota Gli 2010-2012 Model 1 car

10

550

5,500

13

Fuel of Toyota  Gli 2010-2012 Model 1 car

12

450

5,400

14

Office administration    lump sum                   

3,700

3,700

150,000

AHD very much started sustainable ways of funding and income generations, we are Not for Profit organization, we raise funds for our projects and  we also promote training skills in corporate and NGOs and INGOs and earn fees for AHD.

since AHD registered in May 17, 2003, AHD raised funds and also hire 50 acre land for cropping fishing and model farm agriculture via small farmers

AHD rasie funds via:

1. Donors

2. Govt departments

3. INGOs and corporate institutions

4. Individual donations

5. Networks like Global Giving US and TADAMON UNDP/IDB

6. others sources of trainings and consultancies

all the purpose to help Nadi filter local based technology to grow quickly to 300,000 to 3,000,000 million within 2022 to 2030

AHD successfully reached more than 300,000 families & about 2 to 3 million people households getting access to safe and clean drinking water Nadi filter in Sindh and Pakistan, the Nadi filter project is providing lifeline to poor rural people. A Project helps in Achieving UN Goal SDG # 6, Access to Safe & Clean Drinking Water for All 

AHD Goal and Objectives from 2022 to 2030 is to reach 1,000,000 million poor families in Pakistan and Africa

please below see the progress of AHD in past 12 years and now links and networks bigger and wider to get support/funds and collaboration and help poor rural communities in Asia and Africa 

AHD won 5 international awards over Nadi filter technology from 2008-2019 the awards if from the Energy Globe Foundation Austria

• First award won in 2009 by APFED – UNEP Thailand over 1,000 Nadi filter promotion in Thatta and Sujawal districts to access safe and clean drinking water, a case study published in UNESCAP & UN HABITAT & UN Policy document.
• 2nd award won on 2014 for Pakistan National award from Energy Globe Foundation of Austria
• 3rd award won on “Healthcare Innovation Award” GSK – UK
• 4th award won on Oct 26, 2019 for Pakistan National award from Energy Globe award Foundation Austria
  
• 5th International award recognized to AHD on 12 Nov 2019 at ESPO city of Finland 

• AHD Won GSK- UK “Healthcare Innovation Award https://youtu.be/9Tcukhbxzm0

  AHD Won ENERGY GLOBE AWARD of AUSTRIA 2019 for safe drinking water via Nadi filter technology

  https://www.energyglobe.info/pakistan2019?cl=en&id=331184