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Meet Reyna
Reyna (not pictured) and her family have clean, safe water now, thanks to the new water systems provided by our partner El Porvenir in Nicaragua. Reyna says, “I feel very excited because I have waited a lifetime for nearby water, and that wait is over.”
Join us in celebrating stories of dignity and hope this holiday season!
Meet Reyna
Reyna (not pictured) and her family have clean, safe water now, thanks to the new water systems provided by our partner El Porvenir in Nicaragua. Reyna says, “I feel very excited because I have waited a lifetime for nearby water, and that wait is over.”
Join us in celebrating stories of dignity and hope this holiday season!
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Project #232 | Improved Health & Hygiene at Bokumpe IDP Settlement
Our Partnership with Drink Local Drink Tap In Uganda, settlements for internally displaced people (IDPs) are often overcrowded with limited sanitation facilities, enabling diarrheal diseases to spread quickly. Women are especially vulnerable here, as entering the bush...
Project #231 | Safe House for Survivors of Exploitation in Laos
Our partnership with PJI In 2020, the latest Trafficking in Persons (TIP Report) released by the U.S. Government ranked Laos on the same tier as Thailand (Tier 2), one of the world's hotspots for trafficking. In 2019, it was estimated that there were about 64,000...
Project #230 | Leadership Center for Women and Girls in Rwanda
Our Partnership with Komera In Rwanda, even if women are educated and employed, they are expected to take on the primary role of taking care of the household and childcare responsibilities. For this reason, only 18% of businesses in Rwanda are run by women. There are...
Project #229 | Food, Economic, and Environmental Sustainability in Guatemala
Our Partnership with Wellkind Guatemala Tzununá, a village along the shore of Lake Atitlán in Guatemala, is populated almost entirely by Kaq’chikel Maya. An estimated 70% of people living around Lake Atitlán live in poverty, and 32% in absolute poverty. As many as 66%...
Project #228 | Healthy Schools, Healthy Children in Guatemala
Our Partnership with Mil Milagros Guatemala has the highest rate of chronic child malnutrition in the Western Hemisphere with 50% of all children suffering from chronic malnutrition and stunting. In rural indigenous communities, the rates of child malnutrition and...
Project #227 | Clean Water, Sanitation, Hygiene Education, and Watershed Restoration in Nicaragua
Our Partnership with El Porvenir The need to protect and restore watersheds that supply vital water to rural, subsistence farmers is growing in importance in Nicaragua. As Nicaraguans face both sudden and slow onset climate change, trends like prolonged drought are...
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