In celebration of World Water Day earlier this week, we have been posting project updates about MADRE's water projects around the world. On Wednesday, we posted about Palestine. Today, we're posting about Nicaragua.
In the North Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua, Indigenous Peoples often live without health or sanitation services, a result of government neglect and marginalization. This has left people facing life-threatening risks. We have heard women in the communities of our partner organizations speak of their worries that their children will fall sick because of the water-borne illnesses that peak during hurricane season when flooding carries raw sewage and other contaminants into their water supply.
MADRE and our sister organization, Wangki Tangni, are working together through our project, Liwa Mairin | Women Waterkeepers to reduce the incidence of water-borne disease. We train Indigenous women and their family members to maintain latrines and wells, and we build a clean water culture through educational posters, seminars and radio programs.
We also received an update from Rose Cunningham, Director of Wangki Tangni, earlier this week. Read what she had to say by clicking here.To read the full Nicaragua project update on the MADRE website, click here.
Finally, you can take action by demanding that the right to water be upheld by signing MADRE's petition to President Obama. Click here to sign on.
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