PANAMA: Bajo Algodón Water Project Update

PANAMA: Bajo Algodón Water Project Update

The Ngöbe-Buglé people are Panama’s largest indigenous group and poverty levels are above 70% in the indigenous areas of Panama known as comarcas.  Many of these communities are scattered along the forested boundaries in undeveloped tracts of land where they live...
Water system renovations are underway for Alto Mann Creek – Panama

Water system renovations are underway for Alto Mann Creek – Panama

High rates of poverty translate to low levels of access to basic resources such as adequate clean water and sanitation. Poverty levels are above 70% in the indigenous areas of Panama, known as comarcas. In collaboration with our in-country partner, Nicholas, water...
WASH Improvements for the Danka Clinic – Ethiopia

WASH Improvements for the Danka Clinic – Ethiopia

Through collaborative efforts with our partners on the ground and the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul International Project Services, we are working towards water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) improvements for the Danka Catholic Health Clinic located in...
A first-hand perspective on our efforts to help communities

A first-hand perspective on our efforts to help communities

Each time our WEFTA volunteers make a site visit to help or assess a community, or follow up on completed or ongoing projects, we ask them to write a Trip Report that details the trip through their eyes. These reports provide a look into what it is like being a...