In rural villages in Nicaragua, many children and adults are subject to disease because of lack of access to clean water. We are working with an organization called El Porvenir ("The Future"), which works on small water projects in Nicaragua. Students in I*EARN have raised over $10,000 in the past three years to fund the digging of wells and the installation of rope pumps in villages where people were drinking from polluted streams or from wells that had been contaminated. We have received numerous letters from children in those villages, thanking our students for providing the materials (the Nicaraguans provide the labor) for their wells and pumps and describing their lifestyles and goals. We are in the process of setting up a system whereby students can communicate with children in those villages on a regular basis. A curriculum guide, Integrating Telecommunications and Service Learning into the Curriculum is also available.

Ages: 6 - 18, younger students with parent and community involvement.

Dates: Ongoing

Languages: English and Spanish

If you are an iEARN participant, see the forum iearn.pump

Contact: For more information about participating in this or other iEARN projects, write to iEARN@us.iEARN.org.