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| Sergio, fill my water buckets? |
My friend and fellow Peace Corps volunteer Serigo lives in a community named Guyabo far north in the province of Cocle. The people who live there are not indigenous (they don't wear traditional dresses or speak anything but Spanish) but are considered camposinos which means, literally, country people. To arrive in Guyabo, you must ride in the back of a truck from town for around an hour. When the truck lets you off, walk down the muddiest road you have ever seen for just over another hour. If live wasn't hard enough for the people of this community, every day everyone must collect water from one bored well in town. Collecting water mean tossing a bucket with a rope down a 50 foot shaft, letting it fill, then pulling it up by hand. Or... sending your cute-as-button daughter on a horse with buckets to the well and waiting until the she calls from atop the horse to coax the Peace Corps volunteer in town to fill them for you. But there must be a better way!
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| Sergio, walking home in the mud. |
Sergio and his community have a dream to build a water distribution system in the community. Using a pump powered by solar panels, the water would fill a tank located above the community. From there, a distribution system will deliver water to every house in the community. Imagine, running water in your house for the first time in your life.
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| The existing well |
Sergio designed the system, the solar panels and pump are in place, the community is poised to do the labor, but the funding for the materials for the tank and the distribution system are still needed. Would you consider partnering with Sergio and Guyabo to realize this project? You can click below to find out more and to donate.
Thanks!
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| Sergio and I have been kickin' it since the beginning! |
Erica this is amazing. Wow it is so hard to believe what some people have to do for water. Thanks so much for sharing
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Hey dude, you should have your friend check out appropriateprojects.com. (maybe you've already heard of it... it looks like they've done some stuff in Panama) I don't know what his budget is (and my internet is being too annoying right now for me to try and navigate and find out) but a lot of people here have been really successful with this initiative and their projects. They pre-fund so it could get things going quicker.
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