Last week, the PWW Honduras team participated in a Red Cross Training Course focused on Basic Life Support. The training consisted of learning the basics about how to assist and bring support to a victim during the initial minutes following an accident, while waiting for professional medical support. The training program included theoretical presentations, practice Continue reading
El Onal, a small community in remote Trojes, Honduras, is located almost 5,000 feet above sea level. Ovidio Vasquez, Martha Dominguez and their three children — Yimy (9), Bairon (8), and Yensy (1) — moved to El Onal from Las Delicias, a community where the family had full access to clean water on a daily Continue reading
Jesus Perez, age 45, lives in the community of La Fortuna Arriba, located in rural Trojes, Honduras, with her husband, her 94-year-old father, and Ariana, her 8-year-old daughter (pictured right). Last year (2018), the community of La Fortuna Arriba was a recipient of Pure Water for the World’s WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) program. Jesus Continue reading
Written by Tracy Adams, Office & Donor Relations Manager, Pure Water for the World In October, I had the opportunity to take my first trip to Honduras with Pure Water for the World. During the week-long trip, the group of 18 volunteers installed filters, helped finish construction on latrines, visited a community to host a Continue reading
PWW Team Member Highlight: November 2019 Each month we are featuring a member of PWW’s staff. This gives you the opportunity to get to know our team a little better and gain an understanding about what makes them such a special part of PWW’s safe water programs. PWW Team Member: Karla Vargas PWW Office: Trojes, Continue reading
PWW Team Member Highlight: September 2019 Each month we are featuring a member of PWW’s staff. This gives you the opportunity to get to know our team a little better and gain an understanding about what makes them such a special part of PWW’s safe water programs. PWW Team Member: Oscar Armando Andino Arambu, PWW Continue reading
WASH Success in Solimar de Zepeda Solimar de Zepeda is a community located in the rural region of Trojes, Honduras. The staff at the local school, Eufemia and Dora, worried about the water and sanitation issues in their community, especially in the school. They reached out to Pure Water for the World for help. The Continue reading
PWW Team Member Highlight: July 2019 Each month we are featuring a member of PWW’s staff. This gives you the opportunity to get to know our team a little better and gain an understanding about what makes them such a special part of PWW’s safe water programs. PWW Team Member: Arlen Francisco Mejia PWW Office: Trojes, Continue reading
Written by Annette Butty and Olivia Laramie, PWW Interns Hipolito Flores Cruz was born in San Antonio de Flores, a community in Trojes, Honduras. He has lived in the community of El Porvenir de Las Joyas for 50 years. The current life expectancy in Honduras for men is 69.6 years (source). On May 25th Hipolito Continue reading
By Annette Butty, PWW Intern, Honduras Consuelo De Martinez, 34 years old, lives in the community of Capire (located in the region of Trojes, Honduras) with her husband Miguel, their daughter, Mayelin Roxani, (8 years old), and their son, Miguel Andani (14 years old). Consuelo is responsible for all of the work around the home. Continue reading