Fundraiser at GMU April 17 to help bring clean water to the last 400 Maijuna indigenous people

The Mason Center for Social Entrepreneurship along with the Center for Consciousness and Transformation have partnered with Mason ethnobiologist Dr. Mike Gilmore and Mason students to bring clean drinking water as well as proper sanitation and hygiene to the 400 Maijuna indigenous people left on earth in the Peruvian Amazon. They will try to raise $4800 on April 17 on the George Mason campus in Fairfax.

There are four communities with a total of 90 homes where these people suffer from dysentery and other deadly waterborne diseases, due to contaminated drinking water. 

This summer, Professor Gilmore and his students will be traveling to Peru to help the Maijuna install a biosands water filter in each Maijuna home. Each filter costs $60 (the materials are all purchased locally) and there are 80 Maijuna homes in total. For $4,800 the group can help provide clean water to each of their four communities.

There are two ways people can help us work with the Maijuna to improve the health and wellbeing of their communities – which could make a world of difference! The first is to join us for a “Well-Being in Action” fundraiser for the Maijuna community on the Fairfax campus, SUB1 QUAD lawn, Wednesday, April 17 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Throughout the day, there will be a full schedule of yoga, tai-chi, meditation, and creative writing classes. The day will end with a sunset trance dance!  No prior registration or experience required. Classes are free; donations will be accepted throughout the day on behalf of the Maijuna water project. Professor Gillmore and the students will be sharing throughout the day, and a biosands filter will be on display! 

In the case of inclement weather, the alternative location for this event is the Johnson Center 2ND Floor WEST LOUNGE.

For more information about this event,  contact Brandice Rogers at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). You can also help the Maijuna by making a donation to contribute to providing a biosands water filter for a Maijuna family. Contributions can be made to this project through the George Mason University Foundation. The Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) non-for‐profit foundation and a private corporation organized and operated exclusively for GMU. As such, donations to this project are tax-deductible – the Foundation’s Tax ID number is 54-1603842. Checks should be made out to the GMU Foundation with “Maijuna Project (0110802)” in the memo line.  Send checks to: George Mason University Foundation, 4400 University Drive, MS 1A3,
Fairfax, VA 22030.