After thousands of lives lost in the tragic storm in the Philippines, efforts are being made to help those in need. But some are more important then others when is a crisis. Priority number one in this case should be clean and portable water. Without water people will die and as seen in Hati, without clean water disease will spread.
To solve this problem, I recommend putting funding towards establishing teams with supplies of clean water and water filtering devices into the most troubled cities in the Philippines like Manila or
Guiuan.
As far as selecting an organization to lead this project, there are many options. Red Cross has the most disaster experience, but they would also take the biggest cut of funding. On the other-hand OXFAM is a less established organization, but other 78% of their funding goes towards their disaster relief programs. Personally I would choose the American Red Cross as they are well established and have proven their abilities on multiple occasions in the past. Despite the extra funding needed, they guarantee results.
For my invention. I think a safe way of transporting clean water overseas without complications is an essential piece of reacting faster to natural disasters. Therefore our government should develop a system of cargo ships exclusively made for transporting clean water and filtering supplies to overseas disaster areas. This way nobody struggles with finding transportation of needed water in these situations.
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