Returning to San Miguelito: Advancing a 25-Year Water Partnership

Returning to San Miguelito: Advancing a 25-Year Water Partnership

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...
Spotlight on Volunteer Mary Ostrowski:  “A Keyboard Volunteer”

Spotlight on Volunteer Mary Ostrowski:  “A Keyboard Volunteer”

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...
An Abiding Commitment to Safe Water Provision

An Abiding Commitment to Safe Water Provision

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...
Spotlight on Scott McKitrick: WEFTA Geologist Volunteer

Spotlight on Scott McKitrick: WEFTA Geologist Volunteer

WEFTA volunteer Scott McKitrick enjoys meeting people in communities wherever his work takes him. A geologist employed by Souder, Miller & Associates in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Scott wants to know how people in various communities live on a daily basis, organize,...
Spotlight on Lam Ho: “WEFTA Impacts Lives”

Spotlight on Lam Ho: “WEFTA Impacts Lives”

Lam Ho marvels at the powerful impact that WEFTA water and sanitation infrastructure projects have on rural and indigenous communities. It is what motivates the engineer to continue his volunteer activities. He cites, for example, the dramatic improvement in the...