2018 ANNUAL REPORT
MAKE DIRTY WATER CLEAN
The award-winning, patented Wood Mold™ came to life several years ago from a 8 ft by 4 ft sheet of plywood. It enables faster, lighter, and cheaper construction of BioSand filters (the gold standard way to make dirty water clean), with no special tools, no electricity, and with unskilled labor.
In 2018 the team at OHorizons crossed a new benchmark. We have now provided clean water to over 50,000 people across North and South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia. It only takes $10 to give anyone, anywhere clean water for life.
WOOD MOLD BIOSAND FILTER
Our partnership with a local NGO in Bangladesh has enabled the creation of the largest Wood Mold BSF Factory in the world. During the month of December, they distributed 1,000 Wood Mold BioSand filters to families in need across the Sundarban region, providing clean water for thousands of people in an extremely remote and underserved area.
To break the cycle of hunger, we are looking to create new partnerships, leverage available resources, and help even more people lacking access to clean water. Our goal is to give 1 million people clean water for life by 2023.
SHINE BRIGHT PUERTO RICO
Throughout 2018 we worked with last mile communities in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, implementing stop-gap tools while long-term solutions to energy needs were deployed. Our solar-powered tools provided a reliable alternative, supplying lighting, refrigeration, home cooling, cellular recharging, and more.
We focused on neighborhoods that are difficult to access and are least likely to receive help, like Yabucoa, as well as Rio Grande, Utuado, Jayuya, Loiza, and Humacao.
The following images are from our work in Bangladesh and in Puerto Rico throughout 2018.
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
Jeanette Abraham
Jose Maria Alapont
Paul Andrews
Sharon Anwiler
Jason Bennick
Orlando Bustos
Sofia Bustos
Veronne Bustos
Stephen Carlisle
Beth Chastka
Meredith Chiarelli
William Clark
Andrea Dawson
Patrick Diller
Randall & Liz Dunn
Damita Galbearth
Carissa Gallardo
Mackenzie Galloway
Adolfo Garcia
Scott Glenn
Kelly Gorski
Terra Grandmason
John Hebert
Martin Horneck
Amy Hurley
Kate Janetski
Adrian Jayasinha
Leigh Ann Jewell
Agatha Kubalski
Alex Maldonado
Christianna Mcmanus
Kimberly Mitchell
Christopher Nurko
Emanuel Padilla
Hugo Perez
Gary Pillette
Eric Pitt
Franklin Reitzas
Dennis Richardson
Laura Richardson
Randy Richardson
Nector Robles
Megan Rogers Zumbach
Chalise Ross
David Ross
Bob Sachs
Andre Santamaria
Katrina Schwarz
Stephen Siegler
Logan Sloan
Stevie Stephens
Patrice Stevens
Meghan Swift
Stephanie Toma
Sandra Vasu
Martial Vivot
Melissa Westover
Stacey Wilson
Sarah Winkler
Steve Zoski
CORPORATE/FOUNDATION DONORS
Clark Hill
Grand Environmental Services
Miami Foundation
OHorizons Global, LLC
Walmart Foundation
W.H.Cannon Foundation
United for Puerto Rico