Many of these are strategically located for easy access to hospitals, schools and various public domains so that they too, along with the local community, can benefit from the clean filtered water. Our filtration units are customised to suit the specific water and soil conditions of the area to provide the best quality possible.

A single Filtration Unit…

• Produces 2000 litres of clean water per hour
• Can meet the demand for water for 5000 people
• Includes components, installation of the unit and the servicing and sampling of the water by professionals for one year.

Manufacture:
All components are imported and assembled in Pakistan:

• Sand filters, charcoal filters and step-down voltage stabilisers from   China
• Water pumps from Italy
• UV light to kill bacteria from Holland
• Standby generator from Japan
• Tubing, piping and storage unit from Pakistan

Types of Filtration Units Available:

• Simple filtration
• Ultrafiltration
• Simple filtration with arsenic removal
• Simple filtration with fluoride removal
• Reverse osmosis

Soil Testing:
Soil and water report carried out in accordance with the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources. Water testing follows WHO guidelines and measures 21 parameters.

Cost:
Pricing varies from £5000 for a simple filtration plant to £7500 for a reverse osmosis plant.

As the conflict between the oppositions continues, it leaves many dead and many more injured by the ongoing catastrophic events. An estimated 9,000 people have died in the first year and to date, the war’s death toll exceeds over 70,000 – with the monthly death toll having risen to about 5,000 this year, from 1,000 previously in 2011.

With such figures on the increase, as well as requests from Arab doctors working with us at Russells Hall Hospital, Naya Qadam agreed to host a limb fitting camp to help the Syrian refugees. Revisions of our plan were carried out and local fundraising followed. In addition to this, we also performed background work on the patients, who came in contact via a poster circular. The required details, including sex, location, illness and conditions (such as diabetes) etc, were entered into a computer spreadsheet. When the necessary documentation was finalised and approved, the plan for Viquar Qurashi and Ambreena Qurashi to travel to Istanbul and then to Reyhanli went ahead.

During the first visit in February 2016, an orthopaedic fracture and back pain clinic was established there. Several patients visited the centre, coming from all age groups, including paediatric and elderly female patients. They were reviewed and examined – for some patients, operation procedures were carried out.

Naya Qadam returned in summer 2016, where they set up a limb fitting camp.

Most recently, in February 2017, the team returned to Bangladesh, and manufactured prostheses for the local population in Sarishabari and Dhaka, fitting around 70 prosthetic limbs.