Ramonan Global Relief Worker Serves as Chief Deputy DA

The Chief Deputy District Attorney of San Diego County has spent his 30-year career putting away the worst criminals in society. So it's no wonder why he needs to get out of the country every now and then. But the prosecutor, who hails from Ramona, doesn't escape to paradise for a little R&R on a white sandy beach.

Instead, Daniel Lamborn has invested the last 15 years as an international disaster relief aide worker in seven developing nations and he currently serves as a Director and Treasure to Give Clean Water, Inc. ©, a San Diego-based nonprofit.

Recently, Give Clean Water's finally seeing progress in the fight to end water-borne illnesses in Fiji with its easy-to-use 5-gallon water filters. All thanks to the generosity of donors, sponsors and humanitarians from right here in San Diego Country, the Fiji Government recently rated Give Clean Water's success at 100% in eliminating illnesses and diseases, like typhoid.

It's a proud achievement for the Ramonan.

"I am involved in GCW to bring clean water, health, and encouragement to the people of our world," he said.

While virtually obliterated in the United States, unsafe drinking water contributes to more 17 million typhoid cases annually and about 600,000 deaths around the globe, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In fact, the WHO estimates 1.7 million people die every year from diarrhoeal diseases and globally, it is the leading cause of illness and death.

Three ways Ramonans can get involved with Lamborn and Give Clean Water to save lives:

1. Donate $100 to give a million gallons of clean water to a family
2. Volunteer on a $2,700 roundtrip to Fiji and educate residents on water health and safety
3. Join the online movement on Twitter @GiveCleanWater with the hashtags #cleanwater and #fiji and on Facebook /GiveCleanWater to share upcoming events and trips

Join the next trip to Fiji takes place from Aug. 3-11:

• Participants can fundraise to pay for their trips through Give Clean Water's website

• View Give Clean Water's Flickr albums of past trips.

• All upcoming trip forms are available online

Learn more about Give Clean Water at www.givecleanwater.org.

—Taken from a Galvanized Strategies press release