A Celebration of Success in Tanzania

A Celebration of Success in Tanzania

It isn’t every day that one is welcomed with the kind of greetings that Peter Fant, WEFTA co-founder and long-time volunteer, received upon his arrival this September at the community of Mpapa in Tanzania. Mpapa Health Center and the surrounding communities are the...
National Legislative Assembly of Bolivia Recognition

National Legislative Assembly of Bolivia Recognition

Congratulations, Jason Obergfell and the Suma Jayma Team! WEFTA engineer, Jason Obergfell, and members of WEFTA’s in-country partner, Suma Jayma, were presented with formal recognition from the National Legislative Assembly of Bolivia. They received these merits for...
Spotlight on Emily Parker: WEFTA Field Engineer and Remote Designer

Spotlight on Emily Parker: WEFTA Field Engineer and Remote Designer

Emily Parker will never forget canoeing up a river and hiking through the jungle to access community water projects in isolated areas of southern Mexico. The WEFTA volunteer relishes the opportunity to visit these places, which are rarely seen by outsiders. So far,...
Spotlight on Lam Ho: “WEFTA Impacts Lives”

Spotlight on Lam Ho: “WEFTA Impacts Lives”

Lam Ho marvels at the powerful impact that WEFTA water and sanitation infrastructure projects have on rural and indigenous communities. It is what motivates the engineer to continue his volunteer activities. He cites, for example, the dramatic improvement in the...
Spotlight on Alex Litofsky: Volunteer Keen on Building Local Capacity

Spotlight on Alex Litofsky: Volunteer Keen on Building Local Capacity

WEFTA volunteer Alex Litofsky has returned to the Panamanian community she first fell in love with several years ago. She is using her experience and contacts to help improve access to water through a project that will benefit a local school and surrounding homes....
Safe Clinic Toolkit

Safe Clinic Toolkit

Since 2016, WEFTA has partnered with Village Health Partnership (VHP) to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) resources for maternal healthcare facilities in the West Omo Zone of Ethiopia. As we continue to provide water engineering and technical expertise...