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Water Brigades from Global Brigades on Vimeo.
Mission
To empower communities to access sufficient clean water through infrastructural development, water treatment, community leader training, and education.
5 Year Vision (2011-2016)
Over the next five years we plan to mobilize 3,500 volunteers to develop 52 water systems, train 600 community leaders, providing clean water to 26,000 community members and 40 public schools.
What is a Water Brigade?To empower communities to access sufficient clean water through infrastructural development, water treatment, community leader training, and education.
5 Year Vision (2011-2016)
Over the next five years we plan to mobilize 3,500 volunteers to develop 52 water systems, train 600 community leaders, providing clean water to 26,000 community members and 40 public schools.
Water Brigades Volunteers assist in designing and implementing water systems to prevent water related illnesses in communities with limited access to clean water. With a sufficient quantity of properly treated water community members can cut off the connection between water and illness and ultimately live healthier more productive lives. In-country team members work with community leaders to design large scale water systems for the entire community. Once planning and design is complete, volunteers work side-by-side with community members to construct the water system. Additionally Water Brigades and its volunteers provide education and training so that the community can properly administer, operate, and maintain their water system. A Water Council and Basic Sanitation Committee are established in communities to ensure the sustainability of the community’s system as well as to improve sanitation and hygiene practices. In collaboration with Public Health Brigades, Microfinance Brigades, and the Global Brigades Honduras Research & Evaluation team, WB is working to identify communities with the most need. With a holistic approach to development we plan to continue working with communities to improve their health and standard of living through the most fundamental resource on the planet, water.
Volunteers do not need water engineering experience prior to a Water Brigade, as they will be working directly with our on the ground engineers throughout the building of the water system. The engineers will guide the volunteers on proper building practices and safety precautions during the building of the water system, while also educating the volunteers on the initial design, the long-term sustainability, and workings of the system.
Brigade Length & Location
Global Brigades offers 7-10 day Water Brigades throughout the year in Ghana and Honduras. Student volunteers can get involved with an upcoming Water Brigade by joining a local student chapter on their college campus or creating a new chapter and recruiting a group of students.
View Water Brigades Brochure for Honduras
View Water Brigades Brochure for Ghana
