In Central America

FANCASA

FANCASA is the Federation of Water Associations from Central America and the Caribbean. They are a consortium of grass-root organizations working specifically on finding solutions to water and sanitation problems in rural communities. Organizations affiliated with FANCASA includes the Honduran Association of Board WaterSystems ( AHJASA), El Salvador Association of Water Systems –ASSA- ( ASSA), El Porvenir from Nicaragua, Agua del Pueblo from Guatemala, XX from Belize and REDAR from Dominican Republic.

El Salvador

The El Salvador Association of Water Systems –ASSA- ( ASSA) is responsible for the implementation of the Circuit Rider Program in El Salvador. ASSA has organized more than 120 grassroots training sessions and is currently providing technical assistance to 40 water systems benefiting 40,000 people in El Salvador. ASSA was instrumental in the recent creation of FANCASA, the Federation of Water Associations from Central America and the Caribbean.

Honduras

The Honduran Association of Board WaterSystems ( AHJASA) oversees the Circuit Rider program in over 600 rural Honduran communities benefiting more than 400,000 inhabitants. AHJASA has built a training center in Nacaome, organized 8 national conferences, installed 500 manual pumps and established 8 chlorine banks across Honduras. In addition AHJASA has partnered with various international organizations such as CARE International, the International Rural Water Association (IRWA) and the Ireland Catholic Agency for Development (TROCAIRE) and is now a member of the Water Council Group in Honduras.

Nicaragua

El Porvenir is a non-profit organization in Nicaragua, whose mission is to improve the standard of living of poor people in Nicaragua through sustainable self-help water, sanitation and reforestation projects. El Porvenir supports more than 90 community-initiated projects per year in six regions of the country. These projects utilize simple technologies and locally available materials, that can be repaired and maintained within the community.

Picture: Ongoing Training Program of the Circuit Rider Program in Nacaome.

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Dominican Republic

REDAR or the Red Dominicana de Acueductos Rurales, is the Rural Water Association for the Dominican Republic. REDAR represents a group of rural non-governmental organizations that mobilize human and other resources to solve problems of unsafe water in the country.

Picture: Olga Capellán in a blue shirt is the leader of Red Dominicana de Acueductos Rurales (REDAR), a network of rural water in Dominican Republic.

In the USA

Arch Chemicals ( USA)

Arch Chemicals provides the Clean Water Initiative with the appropriate and affordable water and sanitation technology used in rural communities where we work. Arch Chemicals’ also provides financial support, technical assistance and training to water technicians. Arch Chemicals' expertise with disinfection products has helped the CWI to provide technical expertise to water system managers in Central America, resulting in realiable,clean water for more than a 700,000 rural residents in 700 communities.

Anthony Water and Sanitation District (New Mexico , USA).

Patrick Banegas, superintendent of the Anthony Water and Sanitation District, provides technical assistance on water and sanitation to our partners in Central America, and coordinates the recruitment and assignment of volunteer water technicians from the New Mexico Rural Water Association. Patrick is currently an advisor of the CWI and provides technical assistance to AHJASA in Honduras.

Picture: Patrick Benegas (center) from the Anthony Water District, New Mexico during a training sesión in Central America.

Johns Hopkins School of PublicHealth

Johns Hopkins helped CWI by designing a preliminary assessment of the effectiveness of Honduras's Circuit Rider Program. Dr. Bradley Sack, professor at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at John Hopkins, developed a similar assessment, published in the September 2005 issue of the Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. He is the author of more than 400 publications on gastrointestinal illness and has overseen long term research projects in Peru, Bangladesh and other countries.

Picture: Dr. Amy Henderson and Dr. Bradley Sack from Johns Hopkins’ School of Public Health, in a Health Clinic in Francisco Morazán, Honduras.

PPG, Industries.

In early 2008, the CWI received a donation from PPG Industries for 25,000 lbs of chlorine tablets for the Chlorine Bank Program. This has provided reliable water to five hundred impoverished rural communities affiliated with our Circuit Rider Program in Honduras, reaching over half a million people. The chlorine tablets have been distributed through AHJASA, our long time in-country partner. In 2009, PPG, Inc. made a second donation of 20,000 lbs. of chlorine tablets. This new donation, valued at US$25,000, is supporting the Chlorine Program in El Salvador, allowing it to provide safe, reliable water to 65,000 people in 70 rural communities.

Picture: Operation and maintenance of a water system in San Miguel, El Salvador.

NORWECO

NORWECO is the manufacturing company that developed the chlorine tablet feeder used extensively in Honduras and El Salvador. These gravity fed devices provide a consistent chemical dose that disinfects and produces potable water. They are easy to install and operate, and can also be used for wastewater treatment.