This project has been completed under the direction of Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (RPCV) Gina Collignon, with the help of her co-instructors Tim and Brett. To read about the start of this project, CLICK HERE. This is our second bio-sand filter project in the Rurrenabaque area of Bolivia, and our third project directed by an […]
Location Near Rurrenabaque, Beni, Bolivia Community Description The larger project focuses on remote and marginalized Tacana, Tsimane and Moseten communities in the Rurrenabaque area of the Bolivian Amazon. The communities have no access to running water or electricity and are largely subsistence farmers, fishermen and hunters. Last year, a project was done at the community […]
Water Charity is participating in a program to deliver bio-sand filters to the people of Haiti. A relief effort was begun shortly after the devastating earthquake and is continuing in the aftermath. It will be expanded as quickly as possible to provide safe water to the population over the longer term. The bio-sand filters being […]
Water Charity has started a project to deliver water filters to Haiti at once. Under the direction of Ryan Sinclair, Dr.P.H, filters are being set up in and near Port-au-Prince to dispense safe water immediately. The Center for Public Health Preparedness at Loma Linda University has sent a team to assess the needs and deliver […]
Location Tambon Wanyai, Amphur Wanyai, Mukdahan, Thailand Community Description Wanyai is a farming community in Isaan (Northeast Thailand) with a population of roughly 5,000 people. It is not as developed as the rest of the country in basic water, sanitation, housing, income generation, and education. However, there are many motivated government officials at the sub-district […]
Namibia, located in Southern Africa, is bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, on the north by Angola and Zambia, on the east by Botswana and Zimbabwe and on the south and east by South Africa. This location of this project is Epako, near Gobabis, in the Omaheke Region of Eastern Namibia. The project […]
Location Ban NaAng, Nongbualamphu Province, Thailand Community Description Ban NaAng is a rural village in Northeastern Thailand. The village consists mostly of rice farmers, who supplement their low monthly income by growing vegetables, raising chickens for meat and eggs, catching fish, and harvesting rice. They also make rice baskets and weave grass mats. There are […]
Location Rural area of Province of Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic Community Description The majority of households have one income supporting a family of 4-7 people. The source of water is currently from wells because city water systems are not developed or are very poorly maintained. The families to be benefited are largely of Haitian origin, […]