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!

September delivered legal milestones across all three active projects. In Las Mercedes KM11, the Municipality officially recognized the community's Water Committee — and the contractor selection process is now underway. Plus, intensive legal meetings are amending public deeds to move projects forward, and missing maps have arrived. October is going to be significant. Read the full update.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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

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

This month, more families in Las Mercedes KM11 gained sustainable clean water accces through the tanker truck, while our Water Committee standardized rates and improved operations. Meanwhile, La Merced is closer than ever to securing land rights for their future well site. Dive into the full September update and see how these clean water projects are transforming lives.

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

This month’s update brings exciting progress as clean water arrives for the first time in Las Mercedes KM11 and critical testing in La Merced moves the newest project forward. From ownership transfer to water source analysis, these steps are paving the way for lasting impact.