Station 7

Mercedes Uribe (38 years old) is the secretary of the JASS of El Chorrillo. She lives with her little daughter Jimena (5 years old). Mercedes' life was not easy until before she had water in her house. His expression simplifies everything “Drinking water has given us many facilities in time, before we had to look for…

“There was never water in this house, with my old parents I had to bring water from afar so they could drink. Thanks to the water project, we have completed all the work and now we have our water. With Julia we are improving the house because a house without water has no life” (Ramiro). With his 65…

El Chorrillo is a hamlet in the Cascas district. Around 31 families live there. Until 2020, they were supplied with water from “springs or so-called water holes” existing in the village. Doña Elcira (57 years old) and her husband José (62 years old) have lived in El Chorrillo for more than 20 years. Elcira recounts having lived…

Dora and Samuel are a married couple who live in the Ampliación Villa El Sol community, in the district of Reque, department of Lambayeque (Peru). They have six children and five grandchildren who live in the city of Chiclayo, 30 minutes from Ampliación Villa El Sol. Samuel is a man of few words and Dora,…