What is a Brigade?

Brigades defn groups of passionate volunteers mobilizing toward positive social change.

Clean Water Solutions

Global Water Brigades is powered by groups of students and professionals dedicated to finding and implementing clean water and sanitation solutions. Each of these groups comes on a "Brigades" to Honduras to support the development of rural communities.

 

Each Brigade matches the student-led group with local communities, international water experts and a supportive Global Water Brigades staff on a 7 day trip to Honduras. The trip takes students to several rural villages to conduct initial surveys, plan a project and implement a water solution. Through this process students will be introduced to real world public health, engineering and development issues.

 

The Brigade begins with an opening introduction to Honduras, water and the issues we will be facing. Your group of students will then explore a village in need of a water project, assess the current situation and design and implement a clean water solution.

 

This process will take you door-to-door and face-to-face with the Honduran people and help you understand the realities of the global water struggle. You will also work alongside the best water experts in Honduras to find life-changing solutions and implement them. During every Brigade we work for change.

 

For a more detailed itinerary, see our sample itinerary.

 

While each of our Brigades have a similar mission, no two Brigades look alike. We are constantly working with student groups to give you the power and freedom to define "Brigade" for yourself. We hope to hear from you and see you in Honduras.