Written by Tom Brandvold, PWW Board Member Greetings Pure Water for the World Family, My name is Tom Brandvold. I am President of Premier Water & Energy Technology Inc. in Jacksonville, Florida and a member of the Board of Directors of Pure Water for the World. One of my great privileges working with PWW is seeing Continue reading
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Inspired Travel: Do Good. Give Back. Vacation Better.
This Valentine’s Day… Do good. Give back. Vacation Better. PWW invites you to experience a truly unique vacation while supporting life-changing safe water programs! This Valentine’s Day, we invite you to delight the special person in your life by giving the gift of travel that gives back. PWW has teamed up with Inspirato, the Continue reading
You Made it Happen: 2022 Summary and Welcoming 2023
On behalf of the Pure Water for the World team, we wish you a healthy, happy, prosperous 2023. We are excited to start off the new year by sharing that, thanks to many generous donors, we exceeded our year-end fundraising goal! The funds raised during the Water is the Best of All Things campaign will Continue reading
No more contamination for families in Nueva Esperanza de Capire, Honduras
Nueva Esperanza de Capire is a remote community located in the Trojes region of Honduras. It is a very mountainous, rural community that takes upwards of 2.5 hours of travel time to access from PWW’s office located in the main town of Trojes. Water sources are abundant in the community. However, water quality analysis results Continue reading
Lead Community Agents in Action
In August, we announced the establishment of a new community-based program, the Community Education Program (CEP), in Limonade, Haiti (read more). This community-driven program involves PWW training and supporting local community leaders, known as Lead Community Agents (LCAs, pictured right), to serve as WASH paraprofessionals. Trained LCAs deliver safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) trainings, Continue reading
Apollo Technology Group and AWT: Inspired Giving
Apollo Technology Group, a member of the Association of Water Technologies – AWT (PWW is AWT’s charity partner), has a long history of supporting clean water programs across the globe. Apollo Technology Group was founded in 2019 by Allan Bly, a Chemical Engineer who has almost 40 years of experience working in the water treatment Continue reading
Climate-Resilient WASH Guidelines and Menstrual Hygiene Management in Honduras schools
In early December, the PWW team in Honduras, in collaboration with UNICEF, conducted a workshop with the Honduras Ministry of Education focused on “Climate-resilient WASH Guidelines and Menstrual Hygiene Management in Schools.” The primary objective of the workshop was to analyze recommendations for the establishment of climate-resilient WASH infrastructure in Honduran schools, which includes a Continue reading
WASH for El Coyote, Honduras
The rural community of El Coyote is located in the municipality of Maraita, Francisco Morazan, Honduras. Even though El Coyote is only 6.2km (3.8 miles) from the town center in Maraita, it takes about 45 minutes to reach the community by truck due to the challenging road conditions. The members of this community had seen Continue reading
Lead Community Agents in Haiti Host World Toilet Day Event
World Toilet Day is held every year on November 19th. This year’s theme was: Groundwater and sanitation – making the invisible visible, to highlight the impact of the sanitation crisis on groundwater. PWW hosted a successful, interactive event in the community of Deréal, Haiti to celebrate World Toilet Day and provide important sanitation and hygiene Continue reading
LIFE-Honduras Consortium
In 2021, we shared news that Honduras had been characterized as a migratory passage country for people traveling north from different countries within Central America, and, to a lesser extent, for people traveling from the Caribbean and Africa (read blog). Migration through Honduras has continued to evolve, with hundreds of migrants crossing the borders into Continue reading