Central America Trip Report – Part 2 – Nicaragua

A representative for Global Water, Kathleen, recently visited Guatemala and Nicaragua to conduct site visits to WASH projects, including documentation of constructed facilities, meeting with community members and discussion of project outcomes and planning proposed future projects.  Here are some notes and pictures from her trip:   Part 2 – Nicaragua: After arriving in Managua, […]

Central America Trip Report – Part 1 – Guatemala

A representative for Global Water, Kathleen, recently visited Guatemala and Nicaragua to conduct site visits to WASH projects, including documentation of constructed facilities, meeting with community members and discussion of project outcomes and planning proposed future projects.  Here are some notes and pictures from her trip:   Part 1 – Guatemala: After flying into Guatemala […]

A Talk with the Hernandez Family

The Hernández family lives in a one-room brick home with a tile roof and dirt floor. It is simple and clean. The nearest water is a creek 2 kilometers away and until recently, no one in the community had a bathroom. In partnership with El Porvenir and Global Water, the Hernández family and other members […]

Drilled Well in Kenya

[nggallery id=3]   Maasai Village, Kenya The installation of a water well for a Maasai community was successfully accomplished in 2011.  The Maasai community is a group of six villages adjacent tothe Amboseli National Park in southern Kenya. This rural region is remote with approximately 1,500 Maasai villagers living in the community. The water sources […]

Drilled Well in Sierra Leone

[nggallery id=4] Serabu Village, Sierra Leone Serabu is a village in the Bumpe Ngao Chiefdom in the Bo District of Sierra Leone.  Located in the Southern District of Sierra Leone, it is one ofthemost under-developed areas of the Country with a population of 4,300. The well drilled has supported approximately 1,000 people that surround each […]

Drilled Well in Tanzania

[nggallery id=5]   Secondary Schools in the Mara Region, Tanzania The schools are located in rural communities of the Mara Region, western Tanzania near Lake Victoria. These water projects include the drilling of awell and installation of a hand pump and have benefited 1,000 students and teachers as well as 1,000 families that live in […]