Archive for August 2019
Small but Mighty
The story of one determined teacher who has changed the future of water for an entire community.
Read MoreMicrometers: A Simple Solution to Water Scarcity
In the small community of Llimbe in Peru, water sources were running dry. The idea proposed by the water committee was to add micrometers to each household's water connection, however some in the community were skeptical.
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Don Michael:
Rebuilding a water system
Michael Sagastegui is the president of the water committee in Pampas de San Isidro in the district of Cascas, Peru. As committee president, he oversees maintenance and repair of the water system.
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Ms. Maria:
Washed away
livelihood
Washed away
livelihood
High in Peru's Andes Mountains, Maria Montalvo Arce grows grapes.
Well, most years she grows grapes. A year ago, the worst flooding Peru has experienced in a lifetime washed away nearly all of Maria's harvest. The rain lasted for a month.
Don Ángel: Protecting a
District's Water
District's Water
Don Ángel went from being a zoologist who worked with livestock to leading the water and sanitation office in the province of Gran Chimu de Cascas in Peru.
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meet
Light
The late afternoon sun starts turning golden as Julia, Daniel, and Kimberly play in the fields surrounding their home just outside of Asunción, Peru. Their life is simple and sweet, and they like it that way. Their mom, Luz, says life didn't always feel like this.
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The Sanitation Shop
in Cascas
Water For People takes a market-based approach to sanitation. Rather than providing toilet hand-outs, we support entrepreneurs to provide sanitation products and services. This approach is more sustainable, and creates jobs and lifts local economies along the way.
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