Vera Aqua Vera Vita founder and Executive Director Jacob Niemeier joins Dave Palmer of Guadalupe Radio to discuss VAVV’s journey, the impact of bringing clean water to more than 8,500 people, our growing mission, and new ways supporters can experience and participate in this life-saving work.

August brought the focused, unglamorous work that follows a breakthrough — and September is shaping up to be decisive! In Las Mercedes KM11, JASS recognition is one mayoral signature away from making the community the legal owner of its own water system. In Las Mercedes, a high-stakes legal meeting will determine the land rights path forward. In Totoral Bajo, full CAD maps of all six community sectors are in hand. Ricardo heads to Piura in the first week of September to push all three forward — and right now, every dollar given through our North Texas Giving Day campaign is matched! Read the full update.

July was VAVV's most significant month yet. Our largest mission team ever — 28 missionaries including eight engineers — broke ground on the Las Mercedes KM11 clean water system, advanced engineering design on two more active projects, delivered 1,200 care packages, and ran two full WASH + TOB education workshops across two communities. Then many continued into a pilgrimage that took them to the places Pope Leo XIV walked before his papacy. Read the full update.

VAVV Founder Jacob Niemeier is featured in a July 9 CEO Weekly profile tracing his path from Haiti to building an engineer-led clean water nonprofit.

Read Jacob Niemeier’s Quarterly Executive Director Message reflecting on the latest things to be excited about and ways to partner with Vera Aqua Vera Vita going forward!

June delivered the last major engineering milestone before construction begins in Las Mercedes KM11 — and the groundbreaking is now set for the fourth week of July, with VAVV missionaries on the ground. Meanwhile, Las Mercedes held its formal design kickoff for the community groundwater well, and Totoral Bajo kept laying the foundation for its future river-based system. The mission is moving. Read the full update.

A super El Niño could bring Peru's coast one of its wettest rainy seasons in years. This article shows why more rain doesn't mean more clean water — and why community-led systems are built to handle what's coming.

May brought a landmark moment for Las Mercedes KM11 — an official government recognition that marks the community as the rightful steward of their own water future — alongside a sustainable aquifer in Las Mercedes, persistent land-rights advocacy in La Merced, and continued groundwork in Totoral Bajo. Across all four active projects in rural Peru, the mission moved forward with purpose. Read the full update.

Over 2 billion people lack clean water. Explore the global water crisis, how Vera Aqua Vera Vita is changing that, and how you can witness it firsthand in Peru.

April brought meaningful progress across VAVV’s four active clean water projects in rural Peru, from construction coordination in Las Mercedes KM11, to gearing up for pump testing in Las Mercedes, continued land-rights advocacy in La Merced, and ongoing data collection in Totoral Bajo. Each step is moving these communities closer to sustainable, community-owned clean water systems.

Jacob Niemeier joins Guadalupe Radio to share the latest on VAVV’s clean water projects, growing impact in Peru, and how you can be part of the mission.

Read Jacob Niemeier’s Quarterly Executive Director Message reflecting on the latest things to be excited about and ways to partner with Vera Aqua Vera Vita going forward!

March brought meaningful progress across all four active clean water projects in rural Peru. From construction coordination to advancing technical studies and continued land advocacy, each community is moving forward in its own critical phase.

VAVV Founder Jacob Niemeier returned to EWTN’s Life on the Rock for a special two-part segment with Fr. Mark Mary. In the interview, Jacob shares how faith, engineering, and mission converge in VAVV’s work to bring sustainable clean water to communities in need. Watch the full conversation and see how True Water, True Life is reaching a national audience.

February marked a breakthrough month as the Regional Government signed the Funding Agreement for Las Mercedes KM11, moving the project toward construction. Across all four communities, formal agreements, land advocacy, and technical studies continue advancing clean water solutions in rural Peru.

What began as a single mission trip became a doorway to deeper service, professional growth, and cross-border collaboration. David Cowan shares how getting involved with Vera Aqua Vera Vita opened unexpected paths to serve communities in Peru through engineering, faith, and relationships.

January marks a major milestone for VAVV as we begin reporting on four active clean water projects for the first time and launch a new atmospheric water condenser initiative that expands how we serve communities in Peru.

Vera Aqua Vera Vita founder Jacob Niemeier was recently featured in Canvas Rebel, sharing the personal journey, leadership lessons, and mission-driven vision behind VAVV. In the interview, Jacob reflects on the experiences that shaped his commitment to clean water access and the values guiding the organization’s community-centered, sustainable approach to impact.

A multidisciplinary student team from the University of Texas at Dallas partnered with VAVV to design a build-ready, solar-powered system that turns air into clean drinking water, bringing a community-centered water solution for Piura, Peru one step closer to reality.

December marked a meaningful close to 2025 as VAVV strengthened community leadership in Las Mercedes KM11, advanced planning in La Merced, and prepared for expanded clean water projects in 2026.