Las Granadillas El Salvador Water Project
The Salinas Steinbeck Rotary Club has joined with the Rotary Club of San Salvador Noroeste in a Rotary Foundation global grant project that will provide clean water to 5,000 native people in the rural El Salvadorian community of Las Granadillas. Their current water system is insufficient to meet their needs so water must be hauled into the community. This $93,600 project will drill a deep well, install a pump to connect to an existing storage tank, and expand the distribution system to serve all Las Granadillas homes. After the construction of the system, community members will be trained in hygiene and sanitation by the local health department. The project is conducted in coordination with the local water community, the ADESCO (community development association), the Canton of Las Granadillas and the Municipalidad de Santa Tecla. The project is currently in construction!
Rotary Clubs whose generous donations made this project happen:
- Club Rotario San Salvador Noroeste (Host Club)
- Salinas Steinbeck Rotary Club (International Sponsor Club)
- Corral de Tierra Rotary Club
- Carmel-by-the-Sea Rotary Club
- Carmel Valley Rotary Club
- Monterey Rotary Club
- Monterey Pacific Rotary Club
- Salinas Rotary Club
- Salinas Alisal Rotary Club
- Salinas Valley Rotary Club
- Visalia Breakfast Rotary Club
Below is the 9 minute video taken by President Brenda Rivas when she visited last year. Steinbeck Rotary is very glad to have been part of this project and looking forward to our next one very soon.
