Earlier this year, POTH invested in a project to bring potable water into the homes of ten families in the community of Ccahuan. The homes in this region do not have plumbing, and so residents regularly walk an hour each way to get fresh water from a local spring. The goal of this project was to install water systems so that the residents in this community could receive water right in their homes. This system can help alleviate chronic diarrhea and illness due to water borne bacteria and parasites by providing filtered water to residents. It also aims to improve the quality of life with the reduction of time spent obtaining water daily.
This first installation in ten homes in Ccahuan was a pilot project, and we are happy to report that it was successful! In May of this year we received a report from Washi sharing the wonderful news that ten clean water systems had been effectively installed.
Here is a recent note from Washi sharing this update:
Last Wednesday I travel to the community to see how the systems are working an my good news to you is that all of them are working perfect, and the engineer has made some little changes to get the families more of the clean water, they were all so happy. Thank you again for all of your hard work on this to all members. The families are basically crying because this is an amazing project for them to have clean water on their homes, why to wait so long for all our dreams to become true, especially our children, families and everyone in the Andes who really needs us in this important project. You all that we are changing the lifes of many families in the Andes.
Love and gratitude from Peru.
