Solar-powered Drinking Water for Canaslí

Installing a Rural Mini-Aqueduct

We are excited to work with Green Empowerment to bring safe, reliable drinking water to the rural community of Canaslí through a mini-aqueduct with a hybrid solar/grid-powered pumping system and gravity-fed distribution. Solar power will support the pumping load, cutting long-term energy costs from the national grid and keeping water tariffs affordable for a community with limited financial resources. The system includes pumping equipment, a transmission pipeline, storage tank, chlorination system, distribution network, and household connections, all sized to the community's projected demand and built to national drinking water standards.

Beyond infrastructure, this project is about public health and equity. Reliable water access reduces waterborne illness and improves quality of life, and it frees women and children from the daily burden of water collection, opening up time for school, work, and community life. Implementation includes building the hybrid pumping system, transmission line, storage, chlorination, distribution network, and household connections.

Sustainability is built in from the start: the project will establish and strengthen a local Water Committee to operate, maintain, and administer the system long after construction ends. Committee members will be trained in technical operations, financial management, tariff setting, preventive maintenance, and regulatory compliance ensuring Canasli owns and sustains its own water system for years to come.

We are raising $5,000 for this project. Support this project here.

Solar Saves Money and Improves Farm

By using solar power, Xiomara and her family can save money because they don't have to buy gas for their generator, which reduces local greenhouse gas emissions and noise pollution. Renewable energy systems like this one are especially valuable for smallholder farms, which often lack access to reliable electrical grids and can least afford the volatile costs of fossil fuels. A solar-powered system offers decades of low-maintenance, emissions-free operation, freeing up household income for other needs while reducing dependence on imported fuel. For rural communities, this kind of clean energy investment doesn't just support one farm; it strengthens the broader resilience and sustainability of the local food system as a whole.

We are raising funds to pay for solar modules, a submersible pump, a water storage tank and metal structure, water tubes, filters, and drip irrigation attachments, project development costs, installation labor, and maintenance. Support this project.