In rural areas, and in many of the under-resourced informal settlements in The Gambia, the lack of access to water and soap poses a serious challenge in curbing the spread of COVID-19. In response to the danger of community spread, Water Charity is now constructing hand-washing stations at every well it rehabilitates in The Gambia: […]
This is a follow-up to two great projects completed in recent years in partnership with Safe Passage, a nonprofit operating in Guatemala City, to provide for the clean water needs of those living and working in Central America’s largest landfill, the Guatemala City Garbage Dump. These garbage dump workers spend long days sorting through trash […]
This project has been completed under the partnership of Water Charity, the National Peace Corps Association, Wine To Water, and Connect Africa, and involved the participation of Peace Corps Volunteer Katherine Marshall. It is a part of our ongoing East Africa Water & Sanitation Program. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. Project Highlights: Reached 3,642 Ugandans with access to clean water Successfully repaired 10 well […]
This project is made possible through the partnership of WATER CHARITY and The Last Well. This is an ongoing […]
To read about the start of the project, CLICK HERE. This project is completed successfully through the partnership of WATER CHARITY and HENKEL Water Charity planned opening of the new toilets at Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze Secondary School in Osh city, Kyrgyzstan happened according to schedule in January of this year. The administration of Secondary School#24 together with the Education Department in Osh city developed and received […]
The emergency response aspect of this project has been completed. A total of 266 Sawyer water filters were delivered and put into use. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was initiated to provide aid to stricken areas within days after Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines. Looking back, the impact […]
Workers at Central America’s largest landfill, Guatemala City’s Garbage Dump live and work in some of the most wretched conditions one could imagine. They clamber all day long over mountains of teetering trash, fighting with wild dogs and buzzards for scraps to sell. It is dangerous work. Methane fires, medical waste, rusty metal and even worse things […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Erica D’Aquila. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. This project was to install 43 rainwater catchment systems to provide clean drinking water for the residents of Pempe. Erica reports: Once full funding was reached, one member from the planning committee […]
Location: Kyrgyz Republic (aka Kyrgyzstan) This project involves the new construction of a 14-seat sewered toilet block at No. 24 Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze Secondary School (the “school”), located at 71 Osh St., Osh, Kyrgyz Republic 714000. The K–11 school serves children ranging in age from 4 to 17. The school’s simple dry pit latrine facility was built in 1989. […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Evan Buckman, Javin Jimenez, Ruben Semperi. To read about the start of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was designed to provide safe water through the distribution of Sawyer hollow membrane filters to Palatoa River native communities living in Manu National Park. Evan reports: Conclusion of […]