Current Projects

San Antonio de Montecucho


This village is located high in the Andes Mountains in the Vilcashuamán district south of the city of Ayacucho. Currently, the only water available to the community is from an irrigation canal and a small stream, but neither of these sources is safe for human consumption. The new water project is scheduled to get underway in June of 2024. The clean water will be drawn from a spring below the village and collected in a 50-cubic-yard cistern. From there, with the help of a solar-powered pump, the water will be delivered to a raised 40-cubic-yard water tower, from where it will be gravity-fed to a concrete sink at the school and at each of the 63 homes in the village.

Members of the Montecucho community meet with Alas de Esperanza to discuss the new water project.

 

 

Shahuaya

This is the second water project the Peru Fund will be supporting in 2024. The village of Shahuaya is located on the Ucayali River in the Peruvian rainforest five hours north of the Amazon city of Atalaya. The construction of the water project in this community began in the fall of 2023 and is progressing well. As of April 2024, the water tower was 75% completed. Following that, an approximately 150-foot-deep well will be drilled. The water will be pumped from the well to the water tower by means of a solar pump. From there the water will be gravity-fed to the individual homes and the school. The project is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2024.

The community watches the casting of the foundation for the water tower.