This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Christine Dutko. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to build a cistern at the school for water storage, and a handwashing station for use of the students. Christine reports: Briefly, the project progressed very well. The […]
Location La Rancheria, Cabrican, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Community Description Cabrican, Quetzaltenango, is located in the western highlands of Guatemala. By bus, it is approximately two and a half hours north of the nearest urban center of Quetzaltenango, the city of Xela. The community of La Rancheria is one of the poorest communities in the municipality and […]
With this project, Water Charity is extending our mission into an extremely vital area, the improvement of the home in order to impact on public health problems affecting the wellbeing of the community. In the past, we have focused on providing safe water and effective sanitation for those in need. “Sanitation” has mostly been limited […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Casey Kittredge. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to construct three latrines for a school system in rural Guatemala. Casey reports: The Community of Cojxac came together to construct 3 latrines, using old 500 ml bottles, […]
Location San Francisco La Unión, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Community Description San Francisco La Unión is a municipality of 7,286 inhabitants located just north of Olintepeque in the department of Quetzaltenango in the Western Highlands. The community is largely made up of indigenous Guatemalans and K’iche’ is commonly spoken, although nearly everyone also speaks Spanish. The community […]
This project has been completed under the technical direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Ashley Kissinger. To read about the beginning of this project, CLICK HERE. The project started with an objective to build a 1,200 liter rainwater catchment tank, with an accompanying handwashing station, at the elementary school in La Cruz, Cajola, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. It […]
This project has been completed under the technical direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Nicholas Jurich. To read about the beginning of this project, CLICK HERE. The project was to construct a spring box at a new spring site, to collect the water from the spring, and to run piping to the main holding tank of […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Jareau Hall. To read about the beginning of this project, CLICK HERE. The project was for the construction of an eight-faucet hand-washing station at the school, designed to connect to a previously-built tank fed by a water catchment system. The Municipality of San […]
Location Aldea Miman Moq’lil, Santa Eulalia, Huehuetenango, northwestern Guatemala Community Description This indigenous Mayan community inhabits a small rural mountainside village in the north of the department of Huehuetenango, Guatemala. The roughly one thousand inhabitants, comprising some one hundred families, are among the poorest people in the municipality and the region. Homes are simple, usually […]
Location Caserío Chuipoj, Santa María Visitación, Sololá, Guatemala Community Description The Hamlet Chuipoj, municipality of Santa María Visitación, department of Sololá, is located to the south of its municipality and to the west of its department. It is 4 kilometers from its municipality, 44 km from the capital department, and 164 km from the capital […]