Naomi's Story

Growing up in Small Bong Mines, a former mining town in Liberia, 7 year-old Naomi has known only one type of water - the dirty kind.

Having watched her battle with bouts of diarrhoea for several years, her mother is delighted that these diseases are now a thing of the past.

This change in reality has been made possible through the gift of a BioSand water filter, distributed by Samaritan’s Purse in August 2006. During that month, numerous families in the village received a new lease of life in the form of a light-blue, concrete cylinder in their home.

For Naomi, this relatively simple household item means the girl with the shy smile from Small Bong Mines now has a much better chance of making it through to adulthood.