[HTML1] Having built clean water projects for some the of toughest, rural communities living in extreme poverty, the lessons have been hard for Safewater International. The goal to create a sustainable business model that gains the people’s support relies on simultaneously enforcing the knowledge that clean water can have a significant impact on their difficult lives. Sometimes this can be a challenge as each day brings seemingly insurmountable survival issues for these people.
The Executive Director of Safe Water International, Mr. Larry Siegel’s interest in drinking water began in Vietnam where he served in U.S. Army civil affairs. Upon returning home to the U.S., he worked in Washington DC as a legislative assistant in the House and Senate working on the “Safe Drinking Water Act of 1973” and the “Rural Drinking Water Act” which addressed 3 million Americans who in the early 1970s did not have household drinking water.
In 1994, Safewater International was founded when Larry Segal rallied his longtime friends and associates along with Rotary Clubs and other community groups to help the millions of children and adults who die each year from contaminated, unsafe water. Together, with volunteer team and key in country coordinators, they have investigated, tested and implemented safe water systems in Mexico, South America, and Africa where some of the poorest populations are living on less than $1 a day. Today, Larry lives in Taiwan and is working with Rotary to establish a water project in rural Cambodia managed by SWI.
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