This project provided 175 latrines in the village of La Majada, San Jacinto, Guatemala. Health/hygiene training was also provided to the villagers. (Project pictures)
Project Impact: 175 Families
Community Needs:
The community of La Majada has 1375 people, the majority were without adequate sanitation.
Specific needs to be addressed are:
- In Latin America, nearly half the population living in rural areas is without access to improved sanitation services and approximately 20 percent is still without drinking water.
- Lack of access to clean water and sanitation kills children at a rate equivalent of a jumbo jet crashing every ten hours. (World Health Organization – 2012)
- The residents of La Majada needed access to better sanitation.
Grant Objectives:
- Construction of 175 latrines in La Majada
- Training in sanitation and hygiene
Geographical aspects:
The general topography of the community is broken with small valleys. The center of the community, where the schools are located (pre-school and primary) church, health center and sports center, is located at latitude 14° 42’ 54”; and longitude 89° 30’ 35”. (Google Map: 14.715, -89.509722)
Thanks to project participants, the community of La Majada, Vivid Roots, Rotarios Chiquimula de la Sierra, Rotary Club of Burlington North, Rotary Club of North Platte.