Water, Water Everywhere.
Normally what we have seen from the VFP is annoying antics and pointless protests. So this is why this is very interesting for me. It seems that there is a water project that is trying to get several treatment plants up and working and VFP seems to be running it. See for yourself.
Veterans for Peace managed to raise close to $200,000 to repair six water treatment facilities which serve a population of more than 85,000 people. Plus, in a public display exhibiting support for the civilian population of Iraq, three teams of US service veterans traveled to Iraq on their own expenses and worked alongside the Iraqi laborers who are fixing the water facilities.
I mean if this project is actually works it is a good thing, yet if they are running things like this then why are they bothering with useless actions like posting a banner on a empty building with a photo op?
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VFP has actually been doing this for years. If memory serves, they ere responsible for refitting a plant in Basara i nthe late 90’s. They are registered as an NGO with the UN. I think it’s a worthwhile project and would like to see more of this kind of thing.
Not to be a nay-sayer, but what’s posted in that picture (the blue thing with three columns, one of which is mostly hidden by a child’s head) appears to be a reverse osmosis water filtration system.
While they may have participated in helping rebuild a water filtration plant somewhere it’s not what is pictured. The system pictured can handle the needs for a large family, or maybe a small group of families. It is not, however, the refitting of a water treatment facility.
The following quote is from their website, which Sporkmaster linked:
“In the fall of 2006 IWP decided to make a tactical change in our campaign to help Iraqis. In place of water plant rebuilds which benefit specific but limited urban and rural populations, we switched over to a more diffuse approach, whereby we send small and relatively inexpensive sterilizer units to public and private institutions all over Iraq.”
Providing these are still a good thing for the local population and it’s nice to see VFP doing good works for the Iraqi citizens … it’s just not exactly repairing whole treatment facilities.
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This might be your answer, from the link…
“providing water filtration units, helping supply clean water for schools, hospitals, and the Iraqi people
Judging from the kids in the picture and the size of the RO unit it should be about right for a small school and the teachers had them do a thank you photo…