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Wilmer

Wilmer: our goal is to achieve total water coverage

"A town with well-nourished children, with better future possibilities and quality basic services, is an advanced town, which is clear that progress begins with water and health." As of June 2016, the municipality of Asunción (Cajamarca) carried out the district diagnosis of drinking water coverage. The 90.7% of…

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Marco: water is everything

In the district of Cascas, near 1,900 meters above sea level, is the Las Tunas hamlet, a place where the drinking water system has recently been built. Marco, the school teacher, works in this hamlet and tells us about the experiences of teachers and students before and after the arrival of water to…

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Leif Hansen: "letter from a friend"

Leif Hansen (Leo), a Peace Corps volunteer [U.S. Federal Government Organization], worked for two years in the district of Cascas (La Libertad) and before leaving he tells us about his work experiences and the learning he acquired about the meaning of Total Coverage Forever. After a short training in technical topics,…

Dona Noa

Doña Noa: Drinking water changed our lives

Doña Noa, mother of six children, tells us her story of progress and family value thanks to drinking water.

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Ruth: Water is the engine of health

Ruth is a leader of the Las Tunas hamlet, always smiling and optimistic. She is a mother of two children and also fulfills the role of community agent and is secretary of the Sanitation Services Administrative Board (JASS).

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Marco: Water is everything

In the district of Cascas, near 1,900 meters of altitude, is the Las Tunas hamlet, a place where a drinking water system has recently been built. Marco, the school teacher, works in this hamlet and tells us about the experiences of teachers and students before and after the arrival of water to this community.

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Micrometering: A simple solution to water scarcity

In the small community of Llimbe (Asunción) in Peru, water sources were drying up. The population had grown from 35 to 50 families, and some of the families were using more water than they really needed. Because of this, if you lived further up the slope, you might only have water for an hour a day.

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Small but powerful

The story of a determined teacher who has changed the future of water for an entire community.

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Ms. Maria:
life support

High in the Andes mountains of Peru, María Montalvo Arce grows grapes.

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Don Ángel: Protecting the water of a district

Don Ángel went from being a zootechnician who worked with livestock to directing the water and sanitation office of the Gran Chimú province (in Cascas – Peru).