India activities:

- As of January 25^th – 33 clean water filters had been installed, 45 filters were ready for delivery, 35 filters were being painted, and 100 filters were in the curing stage.  We are awaiting updated production statistics for February.

- The Kolar workshop now has ten filter molds in use.  Ten molds have a capacity to produce 50-60 filters per week.

- A display area has been created in the Kolar Workshop including two banners (English and Kanada), demonstration filters, two sign boards: one with technical explanation of filters and second with photos of household installations and workshop operations.

- Local doctors and teachers have shown an interest in the Bio-sand water filters.  Filters have been sold to a general medical clinic, an eye hospital, and two to a renowned high school.  More orders are being taken for similar sites.

- The Managing Director and some of the crew attended a local tradeshow in India, and took orders for 50 filters.  The government has also requested 200 filters for hostels where youths live.  The crew also attended a ten day state level industry exhibition that ended on February 14^th and took orders for 75 filters.  They won an award for the best display at the exhibition.

- All workshop efforts are now being focused on washing the sand and gravel and delivering and installing the filters that have been ordered.

- There are now twelve employees at the workshop!

There has been a stream of visitors to the workshop for a whole variety of reasons.  On 1/5 Rotarian Keith Wescovich from the Rotary Club of Old Saybrook visited to explore the possibility of a future Rotary Matching Grant to provide bio-sand water filters to rural villages.  On 1/18 Rotarian Jonass Beheer from the Netherlands visited and may conduct a Rotary Matching Grant with a club in Bangalore to provide bio-sand water filters to schools in Rotary District 3120.   On 1/30 Allan Remley from a Canadian NGO visited and on 2/16 Bob Horvath and his wife from the same organization are visiting.  They hope to start a similar project in another part of India.  Many local Rotarians have also visited the Kolar workshop and some Rotary Clubs in India have purchased water filters to donate to schools in their towns.  It is all very exciting for us.

Good new is that the local Doctors are appreciating our filters & we have sold 2 filters one for general clinic & other one for an Eye hospital. We are getting more orders from doctors & school teachers. we also have installed two numbers at one of the well renowned school in Kolar named ‘Mahila Samaja High School’.