Boosting Education to build Resilience in Chiapas

by Cooperación Comunitaria A.C.
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Boosting Education to build Resilience in Chiapas
Boosting Education to build Resilience in Chiapas
Boosting Education to build Resilience in Chiapas
Boosting Education to build Resilience in Chiapas
Boosting Education to build Resilience in Chiapas
Boosting Education to build Resilience in Chiapas
Boosting Education to build Resilience in Chiapas
Boosting Education to build Resilience in Chiapas
Boosting Education to build Resilience in Chiapas
Boosting Education to build Resilience in Chiapas
Boosting Education to build Resilience in Chiapas

Project Report | Nov 23, 2023
Towards water sovereignty in Chiapas

By Cooperacion Comunitaria | Project Leader

A family with the cistern
A family with the cistern

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Una calidad de vida mejor gota tras gota

Gracias a la respuesta solidaria que recibimos a la campaña #MásTiempoMásAgua realizada el pasado septiembre, un grupo de familias de la Comunidad de Patatel, en Chiapas, pudieron autoproducir 9 nueve sistemas de captación de agua de lluvia. 

Gracias al sistema de captación de agua: 

  1. Las mujeres y los niños ahorra alrededor de 140 horas al año en tiempo de traslado para recolección de agua
  2. Cada familia ahorra energía al no bombear el agua
  3. Cada persona de la familia puede disfrutar de 50 litros al día  de agua limpia para lavar, regar, cocinar y bañarse
  4. Los sistemas de captación previenen enfermedades del estómago originadas por la contaminación del agua


Lo que dicen las mujeres

Queremos enviarles un agradecimiento especial para este gran esfuerzo colectivo compartiendo algunos testimonios: 

Petrona Luna Álvaro nos comenta:

“Cuando no tenía agua solía lavar al río grande, ahora siempre  con la cisterna puedo lavar en mi casa”. 

Guadalupe Hernández López dice: 

“Antes iba al río grande o al manantial qué vierte al río, y me tomaba 1 hora acarrear agua, ahora siempre tengo agua.  Esta cisterna quedó muy bien ubicada ya que justo está en donde lavamos. Ahora el tiempo que gastaba en ir por agua lo ocupo en la cocina y otras actividades del hogar.”

Pedro Pérez Hernández explica:

“Antes de tener la cisterna íbamos a un pequeño manantial qué forma un pequeño arroyo en la montaña. Para llegar ahí y abastecernos mi esposa y los niños iban 3 veces al día. Ahora con la cisterna dejaron de ir.”

 

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A better quality of life drop by drop

Thanks to the amazing response we received to the #MoreWaterMoreTime campaign carried out last September, a group of families from the Community of Patat’el  in Chiapas, were able to self-produce 9 rainwater harvesting systems.

Among many benefits, thanks to the water collection system:

  1. Women and children save around 140 hours a year in travel time to collect water
  2. Each family saves energy by not pumping water
  3. Each person in the family can enjoy 50 liters a day of clean water for washing, irrigating, cooking and bathing
  4. Catchment systems prevent stomach diseases caused by water contamination


What people say

We want to send you a special thank you for this great collective effort by sharing some testimonies:

Petrona Luna Álvaro tells us: 

“When I didn't have water I used to wash in the big river, now, thanks to the cistern, I can always wash in my house.”

Guadalupe Hernández López says: 

“Before I used to go to the river or the spring that flows into the river, and it took me 1 hour to carry water, now I always have water. This cistern was very well located since it is right where we wash. The time I used to spend fetching water, now I spend on cooking.”

Pedro Pérez Hernández explains: 

“Before we had the cistern we went to a small spring that forms a small stream in the mountain. To get there and stock up, my wife and children went 3 times a day. Now they no longer need to go, thanks to the cistern.”

 

Family of Patatel
Family of Patatel
Women using the rain harvest system
Women using the rain harvest system
Women using the rain harvest system
Women using the rain harvest system
Family of patatel
Family of patatel
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