Apr 21, 2022
St. Catherine’s Hospital & Maternity Ward now has access to clean water. Water, sanitation, and hygiene services in healthcare facilities are essential for quality care, and to help prevent illness and control the spread of infections. Over 45% of Healthcare...
Apr 12, 2022
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...
Mar 24, 2022
Over 785 million people around the globe lack access to basic water services. Contaminated water and poor sanitation increase the risk of diseases that can result in death such as cholera, diarrhoea, dysentery, hepatitis A, typhoid and polio. According to the World...
Mar 18, 2022
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...
Feb 21, 2022
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...
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