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HUARMEY DONATION DELIVERY REPORT – WATER FILTERS [View PDF Version] PROBLEM In Huarmey, more than 14,000 people were affected, along with 400 homes, 12 schools and 41.5 km of highways. After this terrible episode, Huarmey city was in great need of resources, with no light, water or food, they were isolated from other cities, trying to find support and solutions for the damaging effects of the flood. (More than

On April 7th, 2017 Water For Life launched a GoFundMe Campaign to help the citizens of Peru endure the massive natural disaster that started around March 15th 2017. At the time of this article, heavy rains have caused flooding in a number of cities around Lima, Peru destroying lands, structures and lives. Government officials estimate current rebuilding costs could run as high as 9 billion (US). Rebuilding is a major

Thank You For Your Support We at Water for Life want to start off by thanking all of you who donated to our previous relief efforts in Haiti after the devastation that was left there from Hurricane Matthew. Your money directly helped children and families in Haiti who had no access to clean water as a result of the destruction caused by mass amounts of water and flooding. The biggest concern among the Haitian people

At Water For Life, we see a lot of difficult circumstances in our quest to relieve the suffering circumstances of our fellow humans in the world, however, what we are seeing in Haiti in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew is truly saddening. While the country of Haiti is a resilient country and group of people, one has to ask ourselves, “how are they going to survive this tragic disaster?” It was just under 6 years ag

Changing Lives in a Changing World People all over the world will witness the environmental impacts of climate change. But in developing areas, where millions already live under environmental stress, the effects of climate change will be devastating. That makes the Water for Life project time sensitive for people in the developing world. As climate change worsens the global water crisis, outreach to impoverished comm

In chemical terms, water is simple—two hydrogen atoms and a single oxygen atom, all connected by covalent bonds. But for many people in developing countries, the water they have for personal and household use is compromised by other elements: microbes like bacteria and parasite, plus heavy metals like mercury, arsenic and flouride. Drinking it, bathing in it, and washing clothes or cooking with it frequently causes i

Water connects people around the world. Everyone recognizes the touch of water on the skin, whether it comes from rain, an ocean, or a river. Communities form around sources of water, because of how important it is for survival. Unfortunately in many developing countries, water doesn’t connect people but separates them—through illness, disease, or in the worst cases, death. Mission organizations from the U.S. are see