Ecuador boasts an extensive network of rivers, lakes, and aquifers. Its Andes Mountains and Amazon region provide the country with significant water resources. However, despite this geographical advantage, Ecuador needs help ensuring access to safe drinking water and sanitation services. Rural areas experience these gaps the most. In 2010, two million rural residents in Ecuador … [Read more...] about Water Transforms Lives in Rural Communities of Ecuador
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Sonia Henríquez: Bridging Development and Indigenous Cosmovision for a Sustainable Future
Written by Andrea Ortega Spanish version is available here Sonia was born in Sasardi Muladub, an island in Tubualá, a township of the Guna Yala region (also known as Kuna Yala or Dulenega) on the east coast of the Panamanian Caribbean. Campfires, stories and songs are some of Sonia's most treasured childhood memories. She and her four sisters would sit around the fire … [Read more...] about Sonia Henríquez: Bridging Development and Indigenous Cosmovision for a Sustainable Future