Water for Humans develops reliable sanitation, clean drinking water, and cooking technologies in partnership with underserved, indigenous communities.

Water For Humans

About Us

Water for Humans is a US-based non-profit and social venture enterprise, working in Southern Mexico. We hold advanced degrees in sustainable development, environmental engineering, business administration, research methods, computer science, physics, & linguistic anthropology.

Our Vision

We envision a just and sustainable future where indigenous communities are empowered to protect their environment and inspired to be entrepreneurs of their economic growth.

Projects

Read up on the projects we have been apart of and projects we are involved in, helping people around the world build themselves a better way of life with our help.

Mission Statement: Water for Humans develops reliable sanitation, clean drinking water, and cooking technologies in partnership with underserved, indigenous communities.

About us: Water for Humans is a US-based non-profit and social venture enterprise, working in Southern Mexico. We hold advanced degrees in sustainable development, environmental engineering, business administration, research methods, computer science, physics, & linguistic anthropology.

Our Vision: We envision a just and sustainable future where indigenous communities are empowered to protect their environment and inspired to be entrepreneurs of their economic growth.

Our Projects: Our projects involve building collaborations with local indigenous communities, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), social entrepreneurs, universities, and governments to ensure long-lasting change for the indigenous populations.

We designed our projects in partnership with local communities to:

 

  • Conserve rainforests & groundwater critical for agriculture and forest conservation.
  • Improve public health by providing low-cost access to cleaner sustainable, technology.
  • Support economic growth through our training programs that guide workers in forming social venture enterprises.

 

Water for Humans provides culturally appropriate technology solutions to challenges raised by communities. Becuase technology development in challenged regions is a complex social and economic problem, we partner with experts in social work (community capacity building) to enable us to engage with communities to co-create sustainable solutions to the issues they identify. Once the underlying challenges and needs are identified co-creating appropriate solutions leads to both successful technology implementations and improved economic opportunities.

Currently, we work in indigenous rainforest communities in the southern Mexican states of Oaxaca & Chiapas with our local social work experts, The Hunger Project – Mexico. Oaxaca and Chiapas have the country’s highest levels of unemployment, illiteracy, and lack of access to basic human services like clean water and sanitation.

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The latest news & updates
The Second Generation Cook Stove

The Second Generation Cook Stove

In the spring of 2019 the on-site team installed our latest cook stove. Early reports from the Mexican families who...

Our new team collaboration platform  ONLYOFFICE

Our new team collaboration platform ONLYOFFICE

Because all our staff and volunteers work remotely we rely on team collaboration software.  Our current provider Huddle (which we...

2019 Give Big

2019 Give Big

Today is the day to: Many Families in Oaxaca and Chiapas, Mexico are counting on YOU!!! Help Water For Humans...

New Look For Website

New Look For Website

Water For Human’s website is due for an update. Watch for a more beautiful website coming soon.

On our way

On our way

Well 2 months and a day later we left the THP office on our way to the airport and back...

The adventure continues

The adventure continues

Well last night was another adventure. We Ubered from the airport to what we thought was our hotel for the...

Inching closer

Inching closer

We arrived at the airport in Tuxtla Chiapas and had to offload a power tool from my bag because it...

Wow we left Aldama.

Wow we left Aldama.

Stan and I did not know if this day would ever happen. We finally are finished with our stove training...