News & Happenings

Working Session with Concordia

WEFTA was honored to participate in a special, invitation-only working session led by Concordia on July 23rd, 2020. Concordia convened leaders from the private, public, academic, and civil society sectors working across Latin America as part of its ‘Partnership...

2020 Trailblazer

In a recent publication released by Global Water 2020, WEFTA was recognized as a Trailblazer and Implementer for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) projects in Latin America and Africa. In collaboration with Village Health Partnership, Daughters of Charity...

Community of Ccotataqui Celebrates New Water

Ccotataqui, a small indigenous community of approximately 60 families located in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, in Peru, celebrated their new water project during an inauguration ceremony held March 15, 2020. WEFTA partner/volunteer Steve R. and his family joined the...

Dalai Lama’s Message for Earth Day 2020

"We must ensure that the sick and the valiant health-care providers throughout the world have access to the fundamental necessities of clean water and proper sanitation to prevent the uncontrolled spread of disease. Hygiene is one of the bases of effective health...

Running Water for the First Time

With the support of the American Chemistry Council and World Vision Honduras, WEFTA's La Iguala Project in Honduras is in the final phase to bring clean, reliable drinking water to the communities of Llano Largo, Quioco and Guadalupe. This project will deliver water...

Water for Monquecagua

Through WEFTA's partnership and support from the Vinyl Institute and other donors, the remote Honduran village of Monquecagua has safe drinking water. Please read full article written by Sara Goodwin of the Vinyl Institute.

Hero’s Welcome

Enrique Lozano, one of our local volunteers in Honduras who has worked on the Llano Largo Water Project for many years, suffered a severe stroke last year. This week, Enrique returned to Llano Largo for the first time since, where he was greeted with a hero's welcome.

WEFTA Commits to WASH in HCF

Among over 70 committers, Peter Fant and Jason Gehrig attended and proudly represented WEFTA at the WASH in Health Care Facilities Stakeholders Commitment Gathering that took place on June 19, 2019 at the Pan American Health Organization headquarters in Washington,...