News & Happenings

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.

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.

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,...

Meeting people's need for clean water changes sisters' lives, too. Read full article.

Raymond Mills, owner of Mills Bit Service located in Bowie, Texas, is a generous partner to WEFTA and Bolivian NGO, Suma Jayma. Since 2012, Raymond has donated multiple water well drill bits for use by Suma Jayma in constructing community water wells in the Andean...

Suma Jayma, our Bolivian NGO in-country partners finally received much needed equipment and materials. Long-time WEFTA volunteer, Jason G., lead collaborative efforts with partners to coordinate a shipment from the U.S. of donated equipment and materials to Suma Jayma...

The WEFTA team headed down to Panama in January to check in on current water projects. WEFTA volunteer, Tim W., visited rural communities to coordinate the funding & materials for the projects. To learn more about these projects, contact us at info@wefta.net.

In December, long-time WEFTA volunteer engineer, Andrew R., was in Honduras checking in on a current project to provide safe drinking water to 1,800 residents in 3 rural communities. Community volunteers installed a high-pressure steel pipe. A cable suspension bridge...

Long-time WEFTA volunteer, Lou H., headed to the Urubamba Valley region of Peru laying the groundwork for waste-treatment plant projects. To learn more about Lou's visit and these projects, check out Lou's trip report, or contact us at info@wefta.net.