Sustainable Clean Water Systems

Location

Project Information

Basic Info

Organization: Mobilizing Opportunities through Community Heritage Empowerment
Website: www.savethemoche.org
Theme: Water Security
  Education
   
Country: Peru
City: Ciudad de Dios
Estimated Budget: $3,000
Target Project Size: 6 - 8 students
Chapters Involved: UNC Chapel Hill, 2008
Project Blog: click here

Contact Info

Name: Melissa Henderson
Email: henderml@email.unc.edu

More Information

  • Project Overview

Nourish students will be partnering with M.O.C.H.E - Mobilizing Opportunities through Community Heritage Empowerment in Ciudad de Dios, Peru. Ciudad de Dios is a squatter settlement with very little infrastructure.  Currently, half of the community's 300 families lack access to tap water.  The community has asked MOCHE to help them create a system in which every household will have access to clean water.  Nourish will be working with MOCHE and Carolina's Engineers without Borders to implement a water treatment center and a system of pipes. Nourish students will work with the community's water implementation committee to educate people on the importance of clean water and how to maintain a sustainable water system. In addition, Nourish students will also assist the community with sustainable waste management and recycling. 

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