Mar 26, 2026
We are honored to play a role in improving the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. In 2025, WEFTA WASH projects directly reached more than 281,000 people. In addition, over 3.3 million people living in the catchment areas of supported healthcare facilities...
Mar 10, 2026
From February 4–9, 2026, Water Engineers for the Americas (WEFTA) returned to San Miguelito, El Salvador, near El Imposible National Park, to assess and strengthen the community’s gravity-fed water systems serving approximately 160 connections. The visit was both...
Jan 30, 2026
After a 20-year career with the American Chemistry Council (ACC), Mary Ostrowski is today a WEFTA volunteer, not by working on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) projects on the ground in the Americas or Africa, but by writing about those projects. Now retired and...
Jan 19, 2026
Thanks to the combined efforts of WEFTA, the Village Health Partnership (VHP), and in-country associates, healthcare facilities in Ethiopia are improving patient services, including maternal and neonatal care. WEFTA engineer-volunteers Marty Howell and Nathan...
Nov 25, 2025
WEFTA’s 2025 work in Panama marked steady progress on rural water systems across the Comarca Ngäbe-Buglé and Bocas del Toro, despite months of road closures, heavy rains, and difficult transport conditions. During a February circuit-riding trip to 13 communities,...
Jul 25, 2025
WEFTA in Honduras WEFTA has been engaged in safe water provision in rural Honduras for over 20 years. As part of this abiding commitment, our volunteers travel to villages in the country to evaluate and support new community-managed water systems. Examples of...
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