We put our resources into two types of investment projects:

1) Micro-Loans; and

2) Grants to expand the capacities of our partner organizations.

Here we invest directly in our partner organization by helping them develop their strengths and resources.  Examples of these strategic investments include purchasing and donating iron molds for bio-sand water filters or financing initial production costs. 

We also contribute towards human resource development by hosting water and health workshops in both Nicaragua and Honduras.  These workshops further train our affiliated field staff on water concerns such as: identifying appropriate water solutions, bio-sand filter construction and maintenance, community health promotion, sanitation, and other material.  In hosting these workshops, we have hired our teachers from The Center for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology.

The filter’s material components and the labor are both locally sourced and therefore contribute directly to the community’s economy.  The same can be said for the improved ovens we help finance.  These use 50% less wood and contribute to significant respiratory improvements for the family.  We also attach an environmental stewardship clause to every micro-loan we issue, meaning these funds can only be used for projects that do no substantive harm to the surrounding ecology.