Our Partnership with EOS International

Over 28 million Central Americans lack safe drinking water. Safe and accessible drinking water is a fundamental human right, yet one of the greatest threats to human health, responsible for over 3.4 million deaths worldwide every year, most of them children. Each year, these deaths could be avoided if the risk factors associated with unsafe drinking water were addressed. Without safe drinking at home, in schools, and in places of work, it is disproportionately harder to lead safe, productive, healthy lives.

One Day’s Wages partnered with EOS International to provide technical assistance, community capacity building, and water quality monitoring across 40 rural communities in Marcala, Honduras. EOS uses a “Circuit Rider” model in which trained water technicians provided monthly support to each community, supporting them to manage their own chlorinated water drinking systems.  As a result, 68% of these communities have already learned to independently chlorinate their water.  This means much less contamination and instances of water-borne disease for thousands of Hondurans.  Through our partnership, 21,229 people now have regular access to safe, clean drinking water!