This project is made possible through the partnership of WATER CHARITY and the NATIONAL PEACE CORPS ASSOCIATION. LocationChiapas, Mexico Community and Problem AddressedThe life of a small-scale coffee grower is a life of povertyOn the steep mountain slopes of the Sierra Madre of Chiapas, thousands of small-scale farmers produce the exceptional coffees that importers are […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Tamara Brennan and Sexto Sol. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. Tamara reports: We are pleased to report that the Cipresal project was completed in early May, 2015. This is the report of how the work progressed. The plan for the project […]
This Sierra Madre de Chiapas project is made possible through the partnership of WATER CHARITY and the NATIONAL PEACE CORPS ASSOCIATION. This project has been completed. To read about the conclusion, CLICK HERE. Location Checute, Motozintla, Chiapas, Mexico Community Description Deep in the Sierra Madre on the Mexico/Guatemala border lies a community called Checute, 48 homes situated on […]
This project is made possible through the partnership of WATER CHARITY and the NATIONAL PEACE CORPS ASSOCIATION. Location Barrio Los Laureles, Chiapas, Mexico Community Description Barrio Los Laureles neighborhood is located on the far southwestern edge of the Motozintla river valley. Even though the pipe that brings water from the high country to tens of […]
This project is made possible through the partnership of WATER CHARITY and the NATIONAL PEACE CORPS ASSOCIATION. This project has been completed. To read about the conclusion, CLICK HERE. Location Hermosillo, Municipio de Siltepec, Chiapas, Mexico Community Description Hermosillo is a community situated on the Northeastern side of a river canyon a couple of kilometers […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Tamara Brennan, Ph.D. of The Sexto Sol Center for Community Action. To read about the start of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was designed to restore full water service to Gavilan by replacing damaged piping and building a catchment dam. Tamara reports: The project to upgrade Gavilan’s water […]
This project is made possible through the partnership of WATER CHARITY and the NATIONAL PEACE CORPS ASSOCIATION. This project has been completed. To read about the conclusion, CLICK HERE. Location Las Cruces, Municipio Benito Juarez, Chiapas, Mexico Community Description Las Cruces is a settlement at the crossroads of the state highway and the only paved road […]
This project is made possible through the partnership of WATER CHARITY and the NATIONAL PEACE CORPS ASSOCIATION. This project has been completed. To read about the conclusion, CLICK HERE. Location Alvaro Obregon Community, Ejido Buenos Aires, Motozintla Municipality, Chiapas, Mexico Community Description It has been nearly 14 years since the floodwaters from 4 days of continuous, […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Tamara Brennan, Ph.D. of The Sexto Sol Center for Community Action. To read about the start of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was designed to improve and expand the community water system serving the community of 350 people. Tamara reports: Now that water is flowing […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Tamara Brennan, Ph.D. of The Sexto Sol Center for Community Action, an award-winning non-profit that has had a permanent presence in the region since 1997. This project was the 19th water system project in the ongoing Sierra Madre Water Program, a comprehensive effort to improve water […]