Over the next 6 weeks, we are bringing you stories documenting our decade of impact. We hope you’ll take a few minutes to learn more about our Water Monitoring Program – our first, and longest running, program, which continues to help us identify and better understand our region's water problems to this day.
Read MoreThis year, we at Caminos de Agua are elated to be celebrating our tenth anniversary of working in collaboration with local communities, grassroots organizations, leading research institutions from around the globe, and supporters like you – all coming together to provide access to clean drinking water for so many in our region, and well beyond, whose health and wellbeing is being increasingly threatened. Learn more about our tenth anniversary challenge!
Read MoreWe first got to know Salitrillo in 2019. After working together for 3 years, helping provide educational programing, technical trainings, and after numerous community meetings,, today the community has an organized committee, driven by local mothers, who helped facilitate the construction and on-going management of a large, 20,000-liter rainwater harvesting system in the community's elementary school as well as37 Rainwater Harvesting Systems, with 5,000-liter capacity, installed in local family homes. Now, new families from Salitrillo and other nearby communities are interested in rainwater harvesting for human consumption (drinking and cooking water). Approximately 90 children are now drinking safe water, preventing serious diseases such as dental and skeletal fluorosis and other developmental and learning disabilities caused by the excessive levels of arsenic and fluoride in their well water. Forty mothers are also deeply aware of the water situation in their community and the greater watershed region. , In fact, the educational workshops provided to the new community participants were designed and taught directly by the women that make up the organizing committee themselves, with support and materials from Caminos de Agua.
To learn about the challenges faced by the community, Caminos de Agua, and the other key actors who helped create more than 200,000-liters of safe rainwater storage capacity, read the story here.
Read MoreA dream came true. After years of research, as well as recent joint sessions to explore forms of horizontal social participation and community training, our Groundwater Treatment System (GTS) project is finally up and running with the leadership of 10 community women, representing more than 20 participating families, from the community of Los Ricos de Arriba, SMA. This challenging process has involved a lot of energy as it is the first of its kind and it's intended to be self-managed by the community itself. We have made agreements with the community committee of co-responsibility with a vision to expand this model throughout our watershed. In the community of Los Ricos, this work triggered greater water awareness and impact; the participating residents organized to impact 15 additional families to install 5,000-Liter capacity domestic rainwater harvesting systems. This dream, thanks to the community of Los Ricos, is only the beginning of something greater.
Read MoreOur Water Monitoring program allows us to expand our knowledge and awareness of our water crisis and this effort has helped us understand, document and map out the sheer size of our water crisis in a comprehensive manner, in turn, creating more effective results at the community level. Read to learn more.
Read MoreFilled with stories, and wonderful words, we held the sixth meeting of the Water Learning Communities (WLC) in their respective locations.
Read MoreAs part of the Urban Water Initiative, with the invitation and collaboration of the Fundación de Apoyo Infantil (FAI), we deliver the results of the water sample that was collected from FAI's Centro Comunitario Ecológico (CECE)
Read MoreThis year's rainy season has finally arrived, a very important opportunity to mitigate our growing water crisis. For years, Caminos de Agua’s Rainwater Harvesting Program has been one of our most effective strategies to ensure access to clean drinking water for many of the more than 680,000 people throughout the Upper Río Laja Watershed, where San Miguel and more than 2,800 other communities reside. We hope you will join us in taking advantage of this short window of opportunity to build as many systems as we can, to capture the rains that fall, and improve the lives of many.
Read MoreWe're proud to announce that Caminos de Agua has been approved as a Project Partner of Amistad Canada! Amistad Canada is a registered Canadian charity that collaborates with Mexican non-profit organizations to deliver health and education projects in San Miguel de Allende and other parts of Mexico.
Read MoreOur March Match campaign has come to an end, and I am ecstatic to announce that we surpassed our goal, again! I’m both humbled and completely blown away by the response from our vast network of supporters. Sincerely, thank you all for coming out to support this important campaign and a very special thanks as well to Bob and Peggy Krist and Chip and Lucy Swab, our campaign sponsors.
Read MoreMarch is coming to an end and so is our Match Campaign. We are so close to reaching our goal! To all of you who have already helped to make this happen by contributing to our campaign, we cannot thank you enough. Our work simply is not possible without your dedication and commitment.
Read MoreThose of you who have been following our communications for a while are well aware that as an important part of our core mission at Caminos de Agua, we conduct in-house development of original technology that takes into consideration the unique conditions, needs, and cost requirements of our region, and then we deploy them to improve human health by providing clean drinking water to as many people as possible. One of our most significant developments has been our award-winning water filter, Aguadapt. Produced right here in San Miguel, Aguadapt removes more than 99.99% of biological contaminates efficiently and very economically. We hope you take a few minutes to read about our important advances with this innovative new technology as another example of how we are impacting the health of so many people confronting water scarcity and contamination.
Read MoreTo better understand the impact the generosity of supporters like you creates, we’d like you to meet some of the families and communities Caminos de Agua partners with to create clean drinking water solutions in their environments – up close and personal. So, we hope you will take a few minutes to travel with us, less than 20 minutes from the center of San Miguel, to Los Ricos – a small community that has been struggling with the debilitating impacts of water scarcity and contamination for years.
Read MoreWe’re happy to announce that once again starting today, and throughout the month of March, all donations to Caminos de Agua will be matched – up to USD $10,000. That means that for every dollar or peso you give this month, our loyal and generous sponsors – Chip and Lucy Swab and Bob and Peggy Krist – will double your gift, allowing you to Do Twice the Good.
Read MoreFor residents of San Miguel de Allende, maybe you have noticed an increase in urban development over the last couple of years? The ‘Acuaférico’ is a response to that – a municipal water project aimed at meeting the increasing water demand expected in San Miguel over the coming years due to projected urban growth. Learn more about this project by reading our bulletin.
Read MoreWe invite you to gain understanding and spread knowledge by testing your water. After filling out the online form with the required information, sample drop off at our office is available Tuesdays or Thursdays from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. See the website for further details and for analysis costs. All profit from paid analyses supports free testing of rural wells in our partner communities. For more information please visit mywater.caminosdeagua.org.
Read MoreOn this occasion, we want to share with you the story of La Cazuela, a rural community located approximately an hour’s drive north of San Miguel de Allende, and the joyfulness our supporters, like you, have helped create through their contributions in constructing rainwater harvesting systems for families.
Read MoreDylan Terrell, co-founder and Executive Director of Caminos de Agua, has been invited to give an online talk regarding the current state of water in San Miguel de Allende and the surrounding region. This is an important opportunity to learn more about a growing crisis that affects us all and have your questions answered. The talk is hosted by the Jewish Cultural and Community Center of San Miguel through Zoom. You can register for the event by clicking on the button below. The event will be held virtually on October, 14th at 4:00 pm.
Read MoreAshoka is an international organization that pioneered the field of social entrepreneurship more than 40 years ago. Since then, Ashoka has promoted social entrepreneurship by affiliating individual social entrepreneurs into the Ashoka organization. Their stated mission is "to shape a global, entrepreneurial, competitive citizen sector: one that allows social entrepreneurs to thrive and enables the world's citizens to think and act as changemakers". Learn more by reading our latest bulletin.
Read MoreYour collaboration, as a supporter, is just as crucial as everyone else’s, an important point we have underscored throughout this campaign. So this week, instead of putting the spotlight on a specific individual, we wanted to take a moment to let you know exactly what your support helps us accomplish and what we’ve built together. We hope you’ll take a few minutes to learn about the impact you’ve helped to create this year.
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