Dec 9, 2024
Water Engineers for the Americas & Africa (WEFTA) and Sanitation and Water Action (SAWA) have advanced water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) efforts in Tanzania through a focused initiative conducted from September 15 to October 7, 2024. This “circuit...
Dec 5, 2024
For six years, the Village Health Partnership (VHP) has worked to improve maternal care in southwestern Ethiopia by strengthening 10 interconnected health facilities. A key partner, WEFTA, has been instrumental in enhancing Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH)...
Nov 13, 2024
According to national statistics, approximately 20% of rural Salvadorans lack access to basic drinking water, and nearly 50% lack access to safe sanitation facilities. In October 2024, WEFTA volunteers Ryan “Reno” Shields and Tim Wellman traveled to El Salvador, where...
Oct 11, 2024
Along with our in-country partners, Paso Pacífico, WEFTA is visiting 6 communities this week in El Salvador within the Laguna Olomega watershed to assess water and sanitation issues. Infrastructure improvements needed in the area include access to protected...
Aug 1, 2024
WEFTA volunteer Scott McKitrick enjoys meeting people in communities wherever his work takes him. A geologist employed by Souder, Miller & Associates in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Scott wants to know how people in various communities live on a daily basis, organize,...
Jul 10, 2024
After generations of relying on dirty river flows and contaminated, open wells, over 70 families of the community of Cuipa Kahuaya finally have access to safe, spring-fed water in their homes. WEFTA volunteers and father son team, Jason and Anthony Gehrig, traveled to...
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