Nicaragua Water Project

Providing a water pump to supply clean drinking water to over 1,000 people.

Versión en Español: Agua Limpia en Nicaragua 

The LATA Foundation has announced a new project to install a new water pump to provide clean water to the impoverished community of La Prusia, southwest of the city of Granada.   Housing, education, jobs and health care are all pressing issues that the local NGO, Casas de la Esperanza, has identified which need to be addressed. But the most urgent of them all is safe, clean water.

Granada, Nicaragua

The water pump costs $3,000 (£1,840) and is a crucial part of a $30,000 (£18,400) project to replace an antiquated, inefficient and unreliable system which often breaks down, leaving the community with no water for days at a time. The project will eventually require 3 miles of pipes and a second pump.

We are particularly grateful to the organisers of the PooFest music festival for supporting this project. Thanks to the PooFest we will be able to have the water pump installed and working within the next two months.

For further information about the project please see our projects pages. 

Date added: 02 September 2011