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...
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,...
Nov 17, 2025
The San Vicente de Paul school, community care center, and surrounding community in the District of Awajún in Peru’s San Martin department are on track to benefit from a new rainwater harvesting system and water purification plant. The school is operated by the...
Nov 14, 2025
WASH Improvements Complete Together with our valued partner, SAWASHI, WEFTA is making strides in sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) improvements in Kenya. The recently completed Nabongo Friends Church community driven water management system is a prime...
Oct 17, 2025
In May 2025, WEFTA, in partnership with Suma Jayma (Partnership for Sustainable Local Development), successfully completed the installation of 185 family protected wells and hand pumps across the municipalities of Laja and Corocoro in La Paz Department, Bolivia. This...
Oct 3, 2025
At St. Mary Magdalene’s Hospital & School in Tungan Gero, unsafe hand-dug wells once left families vulnerable to waterborne diseases, forcing students to fetch water instead of focusing on their studies. In 2025, that changed. With support from WEFTA, Daughters of...
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