The Southampton Rotary Club, in collaboration with the Rotary Hands Up program, announced that work has started this week on a just under $55,000 water project in Guatemala.
The project was made possible by the global grant of $34,000 from the Rotary Foundation that the club has been working on for the past 18 months.
The Hand Up Clubs have contributed the remaining just over $20,000 to the project of which $2,00 was donated locally.
The project will see the installation of 8 rainwater harvesters in the remote highland village of Tuilam, during the fall of 2023.
It will not only provide a supplemental water source for the 490 residents of the area but also alleviate the burden of fetching water from a spring located around 1 kilometer away down a steel hill from the village.