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This will be UC Santa Cruz's first water brigade and will be one of many in the near future! Please help support our organization.
What is a Brigade?
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. Our projects include constructing gravity water systems, wells, purification systems, sanitation education and a variety of new, innovative ideas provided to us by students and experts.
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. Through our work, we aim to support these Honduran communities to make positive and lasting changes for the future while simultaneously empowering future international development workers to reach their full potential as global change agents.
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. Our projects include constructing gravity water systems, wells, purification systems, sanitation education and a variety of new, innovative ideas provided to us by students and experts.
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. Through our work, we aim to support these Honduran communities to make positive and lasting changes for the future while simultaneously empowering future international development workers to reach their full potential as global change agents.
