Since 2002, WEFTA volunteers have worked side-by-side with the rural and indigenous communities they serve to install critical WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) infrastructure. But successful installation and initial effective operation does not necessarily...
Great progress is being made on multiple small-scale water system renovations in Panama! WEFTA is proud to pick up where our sister organization, Waterlines, left off as they sunset last year. WEFTA and Waterlines have worked together with rural Indigenous communities...
In June, WEFTA volunteers, Patrick and John, were on-the-ground in Panama working with the community of Buena Vista to help organize community work groups and train the work groups on building break pressure tanks and transmission line repair. The volunteers also...
WEFTA Circuit Rider José has been busy working with community work groups on the Quebrada Pastor aqueduct system in the Bocas del Toro region of Panama. The two spring sources for the system have been completely renovated providing more secure water flows. A new water...
Over 785 million people around the globe lack access to basic water services. Contaminated water and poor sanitation increase the risk of diseases that can result in death such as cholera, diarrhoea, dysentery, hepatitis A, typhoid and polio. According to the World...
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