'Drops of sun'
Channel: Alba del Campo
Date: 2012-02-17

The backcloth of 'Drops of sun' is the lacking access to safe water as a social problem that is a source of inequality and an obstacle to have a decent live. This documentary is about a low cost solution to improve bacteriological water quality at the household level, the solar disinfection, more known as SODIS method. This is an alternative to other househould treatments as boiling the water, which apart from eliminating the bacteriological pollution that is one of the biggest causes of diarrhoeal diseases on the South, also leads to reduce the energy consumption and the smoke breathing at the households.

The documentary 'Drops of sun', that has didactic purposes, shows on one hand, the scientific principles of SODIS, focusing on the pros and cons; and on the other, collects the experience of an small group of people that started working on the implementation of the method on 2004 in Iringa region (Tanzania). The story of the obstacles they have faced is the best guide for the people thinking on contributing to its diffusion.