Jul 10, 2024
After generations of relying on dirty river flows and contaminated, open wells, over 70 families of the community of Cuipa Kahuaya finally have access to safe, spring-fed water in their homes. WEFTA volunteers and father son team, Jason and Anthony Gehrig, traveled to...
May 17, 2024
As an engineer with growing expertise in public health, Jacob Ford brings a unique, holistic approach to his volunteer work with WEFTA. The Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Engineer is currently a PhD student in Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease at Tulane...
May 1, 2024
Our goal is that completed projects continue providing benefits over time without outside assistance. In February, WEFTA volunteers Fr. Roberto Cumberland, Greg Branch, and Tim Wellman traveled to Panama to check in on ongoing, proposed, and completed projects. The...
Apr 11, 2024
When the Bajo Algodón community water board proposed clearing a road through the rain forest to bring in materials for a WEFTA water and sanitation project, Hanna Brosky witnessed the Panamanian community mobilize in short order. The University of North Carolina (UNC)...
Mar 5, 2024
A new opportunity for RPCVs to help deliver clean water, sanitation and hygiene to rural communities. Most people in the developed world would agree with the statement “Water is life.” After all, our hands, lips, food, clothing, and household surfaces come in contact...
Feb 23, 2024
Our commitment is to the long-term success of the projects we’re involved with and it doesn’t stop when construction is complete. The WEFTA team is on the ground in Panama checking in on the status of current and completed projects. On their journey, WEFTA volunteers,...
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