Agua Para Todos – Water for All

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Summary

Building community-run, self-sustaining water distribution networks to provide clean running water and sanitation facilities to poor Bolivian families living in peri-urban and rural areas.

Received $2,713 from 22 donations from people like:

Avongray
grouphug
(Anon.)

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

More than 3 million Bolivians in peri-urban and rural areas lack access to safe drinking water and sanitation services. Diarrhea and water-related illnesses are the number-one cause of mortality. Providing access to clean water is the most effective investment in public health and the future of a country, but the cost of water provision can be prohibitive. This program uses a unique community partnership model, which makes water and sanitation affordable for all.

Activities

The program provides engineering design, building material, training and micro-credit loans to local communities (water committees) to build, manage and own their own sustainable water distribution system, greatly reducing the personal cost of water

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

By creating a sustainable solution to water delivery, one-time investments now result in access to water and sanitation for life, with tremendous impact on health and people’s livelihoods. 85,000 people in 17,000 homes will benefit in this way.

Project Message

Thanks to the Agua para Todos program, my family and I have our own water tap that gives us access to water even at night-time so the kids can drink water and wash without leaving our house.
- Emilio Quispe, community leader in a peri-urban village

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Gustavo Heredia,
Director, The Agua Tuya Program
Casilla 6264
Cochabamba,
Bolivia
(591) 707 10321
Email:

Project Sponsor

Seed Initiative/Seed Awards

Organization

Agua Tuya Program
Casilla 6264
Cochabamba, 
Bolivia
(591) 707 10321
http://www.aguatuya.org

Learn more about Agua Tuya Program and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Bolivia and can also be found under Health.

For more information about Bolivia, read the Human Development Report on Bolivia or the Wikipedia entry for Bolivia.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on October 01, 2005.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on October 17, 2005.

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