Peru
Peru Tour Journal: Water Solutions in Cajamarca
By Micheal M.J. Fischer Professor of Anthropology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Green Empowerment Supporter On October 1-7, 2024, we were privileged to join a six village site visit ...
Read More 20 años de espera: cómo Pata Pata finalmente logró la seguridad hídrica
Por Anna Garwood, exdirectora ejecutiva de Green Empowerment (2010-2014) "Esta vez, dije, esperaremos para matar al cuy hasta que el proyecto esté realmente terminado" Don Isidro Caja, Líder Comunitario en ...
Read More 20 Years of Waiting: How Pata Pata Finally Achieved Water Security
By Anna Garwood, former Executive Director, Green Empowerment (2010-2014) “This time, I said, let’s wait to kill the guinea pig until the project is really done.” Don Isidro Caja, Community ...
Read More Advancing Gender Equality: Progress in Latin America’s Water & Sanitation Sector
“We women bring an enriching perspective to the environmental discussions, considering that we often have differentiated experiences in relation to environmental impacts." - Paola Moreno Bermúdez, Green Empowerment Colombia Program ...
Read More Impact Expansion: Solar Water Pumping in Peru
As the world slowly emerges out of a two-year pandemic, it is clear we all still face urgent political, economic, and environmental challenges. The unsustainable production of oil is causing ...
Read More Water For People: COVID-19 Relief in Northern Peru
After two years of battling COVID-19, it’s clear the pandemic has revealed we are long past due for a systemic healthcare readjustment. Many places around the world are still in ...
Read More Solar Powered Health Clinics in Peru Strengthen Community Resilience
Prior to having electricity at their rural health clinics in the Andean mountains, health care workers in Contumazá, Cajamarca, Peru had to travel three hours one way to obtain and ...
Read More Clean Water System in Peru Improves Health, Education & Business
For many years, Doña Noa and fellow residents of Las Tunas, Peru endeavored to persuade their local government to invest in a potable water system and related training for their ...
Read More Why partnership inspired me to roll up my sleeves and make cebiche!
I participated in the #cebichechallenge for several reasons, the first was to help raise awareness about Green Empowerment’s vital efforts to bring renewable energy and clean water to rural communities ...
Read More Today, We Celebrate Women
Written by Kristen Grauer, Development ManagerGreen Empowerment is a small organization run predominately by women. In Portland and abroad we educate and empower female leaders in sustainability - from engineers to ...
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