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Don Michael:
Rebuilding a water system

By | August 16, 2019

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

By | August 16, 2019

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.

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Don Ángel: Protecting a
District's Water

By | August 16, 2019

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

By | August 16, 2019

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

By | August 16, 2019

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.