Waves for Water Mission

Bring a new source of clean drinking water to families & schools in need

and tell this story: Many problems facing the world seem unsolvable –-

clean drinking water isn’t one of them. The w4w team hopes to combine talents

and resources with many others in charging towards the goal of

H2O 4 every 1

How can I help bring clean water to all the incredible places we travel to around the world?

Add a few Waves for Water Filters in your gear on your next surf adventure.

thank you.

Waves for Water

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To bring what we do in Africa to the rest of the world we started Waves for Water. Ongoing research with inspired surfers and humanitarians has led to our first Waves for Water RainCatcher project – in partnership with Azucar Surf Retreat, in Bocas del Toro, Panama. Designed to bring drinking water and education supplies to local school children in need, this project will act as a model for similar projects at major surf destinations worldwide.

Our second effort will be the Volcano Villages Project in Bali. Amana Nova, of Skills for Humanity, has asked RainCatcher to create a new water source for people living on the side of a volcano in Bali.  There are 35 villages on the volcano with about 50 families in each village. We have already begun designing RainCatchers for villages seen on this video – www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaWt-sP7qWI

And the third Waves for Water project will be the Costa Verde International School in Sayulita, Mexico — www.colegiocostaverde.com — slated for late 2009.

The solution is simple

While traveling to beautiful and exotic destinations, surfers often pass through towns and villages that lack drinking water. Here’s one example: Fiji Water produces more than a million bottles of water a day, while more than half the people in Fiji do not have reliable drinking water. Now surfers and surf travelers will have a chance to correct this imbalance.

Just by doing what they love, and allocating $10 from adventure travel budgets, participating surfers will be able to help reverse the crippling water and education conditions students around the world must endure every day.

To accomplish this we will also join forces with leading surf companies and magazines, adventure travel companies and airlines. Waves for Water funds will go to the region each surfer is visiting: Africa; Indonesia; India; Central America; Mexico. . . everywhere.

Waves for Water team so far

Jon Rose — www.ourpawnshoppe.com — Director of Waves for Water. You can see Jon on the Amazon – Pororoca, 3 minute trailer http://www.surfline.com/video/trailers/pororoca-the-longest-wave-ever_16190 (+ full length doc) and Jon’s slideshow, http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/jon-rose-takes-us-deep-into-the-amazons-natural-wonder-river-run_16327/photos/1/

Mike Lawson — www.azucarsurf.com — Azucar Surf Retreat, Panama Waves for Water Host. Installation manager, site scout & local facilitator.

Pete Macomber — www.serumlab.com. Project Film Director and cinematographer.

Mike Meeker — w4w Film Producer

Josh Bycel — www.onekidoneworld.org – school supplies – will arrange for school supplies to reach our new RainCatcher schools.

Amana Nova — Bali, www.skillsforhumanity.org

Ryan Hitzel — www.ourpawnshoppe.com. Art Director — designing logo for Waves for Water t-shirts, hats & brochures, etc.

Jay Jurisich — www.igorinternational.com. Brand developer — created RainCatcher site and now building www.wavesforwater.org.

Jack Rose, Mark Armfield & Fred Mango — www.raincatcher.org – RainCatchers

RainCatcher mission

Along with bringing a new source of clean drinking water to schools in need, we aim to tell this story:

Many problems facing the world seem unsolvable –- clean drinking water isn’t one of them.

With such a team I know we will join many others in charging towards the goal of H2O 4 every 1.

– Jack Rose

wavesforwater.org

Ongoing research with inspired surfers and humanitarians has led to our Waves for Water project – scheduled for November in Bali.

Volcano Villages Project

Amana Nova, of Skills for Humanity, has asked Waves for Water to create a new water source for people living on the side of a volcano in Bali.  There are 35 villages on the volcano with about 50 families per village – all in dire need of clean drinking water. We have already begun designing RainCatchers for villages seen on this video – www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaWt-sP7qWI

Our upcoming Waves for Water projects include the Costa Verde International School in Sayulita, Mexico — www.colegiocostaverde.com — slated for January 2010 . . .  and schools in  Bocas del Toro, Panama – in partnership with Azucar Surf Retreat.  Designed to bring drinking water and education supplies to local school children in need, these projects will act as a model for similar projects at major surf destinations worldwide.

The Solution is Simple

While traveling to beautiful and exotic destinations, surfers often pass through towns and villages that lack drinking water. Here’s one example: Fiji Water produces more than a million bottles of water a day, while more than half the people in Fiji do not have reliable drinking water. Now surfers and surf travelers will have a chance to correct this imbalance.

Just by doing what they love, and allocating $10 from adventure travel budgets, participating surfers will be able to help reverse the crippling water and education conditions students around the world must endure every day.

To accomplish this we will also join forces with surf companies and magazines, adventure travel companies and airlines. Waves for Water funds will go to the region each surfer is visiting: Africa; Indonesia; India; Central America; Mexico. . . everywhere.

Waves for Water Team

Jon Rose — www.ourpawnshoppe.com — Director of Waves for Water. You can see Jon on the Amazon River – Pororoca, 3 minute trailer – www.surfline.com/video/trailers/pororoca-the-longest-wave-ever_16190 (+ full length doc) and Jon’s slideshow – www.surfline.com/surf-news/jon-rose-takes-us-deep-into-the-amazons-natural-wonder-river-run_16327/photos/1/

Amana Nova — Bali – www.skillsforhumanity.org

Jack Rose, Mark Armfield & Fred Mango — www.raincatcher.org – RainCatchers

Waves for Water Mission

Bring a new source of clean drinking water to families & schools in need and tell this story: Many problems facing the world seem unsolvable –- clean drinking water isn’t one of them. The w4w team hopes to combine talents and resources with many others in charging towards the goal of H2O 4 every 1.

– Jack Rose