Hello everyone !

i'm very excited to share with you that we are beginning a new project in Nicaragua. We are planning to build a schoolhouse with a water-catchment system in the Kukra river region to serve the agrarian community of Las Breñas. People in this community do not have access to potable water and must drink from the same murky water in which they bathe. There is also a great need for a schoolhouse in Las Breñas, as there is a large number of children that currently do not attend school simply because the only schoolhouse within the area is located over an hour away by foot.

Here are some project updates:

1. We are planning to do our site assessment right after spring quarter ends. The estimated dates are from June 12th to June 20th.

2. There will be 2 groups for the site assessment : Latrine group, and Schoolhouse group. Latrine group will go to San Sebastian to check the status on our compost latrines and evaluate them. And the schoolhouse group will go to Las Breñas to evaluate the site for schoolhouse construction.

3. We have two professional engineers that will be going with us on the site assessment to guide us.

4. We managed to get pocket penetrometer and vane shear tools for field testing purposes.

5. We are looking to buy a GPS Unit for the upcoming trip.

6. In terms of grants, we are still waiting to hear back from all the grants that we submitted.

More updates to come soon !