|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Water for People Project. In 2006 Amaterra gave its first $300 micro-grant to Water For People and in 2007 a second grant for the same amount. Throughout the world, Water for People uses water as a catalyst for change in communities that lack access to drinking water, adequate sanitation and hygiene education. "Since 1991, Water For people (WFP) has used water as a starting point in helping the world’s poor take their first steps out of poverty and into a future of hope. WFP initiates processes that foster pride, self-confidence and hope in bringing people together to build their own water and sanitation systems. Clean water, adequate sanitation and proper hygiene practices create positive conditions for people to achieve other goals, make decisions that benefit the whole community, and devise innovative solutions for long-term sustainable development.WFP invests in the greatest resources—humankind—the people within the communities themselves. WFP keeps people at the heart of every program by including them from the planning stage through the design, completion and evaluation of every water system. This encourages ownership and increases self-esteem within the communities. WFP
helps people help themselves to build simple, affordable solutions appropriate
to the particular geographic, social and economic needs of a community." Detailed description of project at the Water for People Website.
Amaterra Home.
|
