Thoughts from Jenn Foy from Atahualpa, Ecuador
Agua Viva International is a non-profit faith based organization that takes and installs water filtration systems to communities around the world that need clean water. The founders noticed sick kids on a mission trip and commented to a doctor “they need more doctors down there!” And the doctor commented- “what they really need is clean water so they don’t get sick”…so began this local organization about 15 years ago… Brian & I joined their recent trip to a remote school in Guote, Ecuador named Atahualpa. This school has around 400 children...
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Cuba JANUARY 5, 2019 THROUGH JANUARY 12, 2019 Operating Partner: Iglesia Unidad Metodista Location: Baitiquiri, Guantanamo, Cuba Approximate price: $2,200.00 Leaders: Dale Wilson, Dale Bain Honduras MARCH 2, 2019 THROUGH MARCH 9, 2019 Operating Partner: Telanga Orphanage Location: Ojo de Agua Approximate Volunteer Cost: $1,800.00 Leaders: David Watts, Steve Wagner Guatemala MAY 18, 2019 THROUGH MAY 25, 2019 Operating Partner: Iglesia Monte Sinai Presbyterian Location: Nimasac, San Adres, Xecul, Totonicopan All Women Trip Approximate Volunteer Cost: $1,800 Leaders: Nancy Allen, Melissa Caton...
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Agua Viva is, once again, pioneering new territory. On February 15, 2018, Dale Wilson, Jim Allen, and Mario Mejia will be heading out into the unknown to perform a site investigation in Baitquiri, Cuba. Baitquiri is a very small and very poor community on the far southeast corner of Cuba. This village is in the State of Guantanamo; one of the most under-developed areas of Cuba. Agua Viva has a new friend there named Pastor Leandro Miguel Perez Ramirez and we will be performing site investigations at a few different sites. One site is a new “church plant” for the Methodist Church nearby....
Read More2017 Annual Celebration Recap
Two hundred of Agua Viva’s best friends celebrated Agua Viva’s “Night at the Diamond” at Kauffman Stadium on November 17th. Guests enjoyed food stations featuring Aramark’s best gourmet entrees: lobster corn dogs, beef sliders, Chipotle Chicken Tacos and much more while they strolled the Diamond Club to learn more about Agua Viva’s mission. Our install team displayed an actual water board so guests could visualize the equipment and how the system purifies water. Other stations highlighted the Agua Viva’s vision for education, volunteerism, gender empowerment and micro finance. Many...
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