Bringing Clean Water to Honduras One Community at a Time With the kick of his boot, Willian Martinez’s 200cc off-road motorcycle roars to life. The small city of Marcala situated under Honduras’ picturesque mountains is waking up. …

The woman who brought clean water to El Guasimal — The water looked clean enough. It was perfectly clear without coloration or noticeable contamination, but Ceferina Fuentes, a former schoolteacher, knew better. She was quite aware that the microbes wreaking havoc on her small village of El Guasimal couldn’t be seen by the human eye. In fact, it is these…

Solar panels create new beginnings in Nicaragua — It’s six in the evening in the community of Cahuita Blanca and the sun is about to dip behind the green, rolling hills of the Nicaraguan countryside. In a few moments this remote village will be plunged into darkness, like it is every night around this time, and Enrique de…

How one woman overcame poverty with the help of an oven. — It’s 2 a.m. and Chepita Caballero is already starting her day in La Trinidad, Nicaragua. This early in the morning the only noises that fill the cool darkness are the occasional calls of the neighbors’ roosters and the intermittent hum of trucks making their way down the Pan-American Highway. When…