As the engineering team working non-stop to get everything in order to break ground on construction in early 2022, the two Piura projects have seen a lot of progress since our last update. With geophysical assessments having been completed and topographic evaluations underway, we hope the upcoming weeks hold even more progress and development!

Read the Third Quarter of 2021 Executive Director Message as Jacob Niemeier shares many things worth celebrating right now, as together the Vera Aqua Vera Vita family has accomplished much over the past few months. Learn about what is going on the project front, as well.

This September, help engage and lift up the entire North Texas community by participating in this year’s NTX Giving Day. Especially in a year that continues to be affected by the global pandemic, we ask for your support Consider supporting us in our fight against the global water crisis today.

Take a moment to explore some of the reasons behind Peru’s status as the country with the highest per capita death rate in the world. Access to clean water plays a large part in efforts to “stop the spread.” Now more than ever, Peru needs our prayers and aid.

With just a few weeks left until NTX Giving Day, and early donations starting as soon as Sep. 1, now’s the time to ramp up some momentum! Start FUNdraising right now! With your help, our mission can reach further than ever before!

It is time to Get Up & Give!!!

With more than half of 2021 under the belt, Vera Aqua Vera Vita (VAVV) has some exciting developments to report on the two communities in Piura where Water and Sanitation Hygiene (W.A.S.H.) planning and engineering commenced in June!

Throughout the month of July, VAVV has been coordinating with and contracting consultants to help with the preliminary solution plan for both Cerro de Leones and La Mercedes KM11 and has made significant progress!

As North Texas (NTX) Giving Day 2021 shows itself on the horizon, Vera Aqua Vera Vita (VAVV) is making preparations and getting excited! September 23rd will mark the fourth year VAVV is participating in NTX Giving Day and this year, with your help, VAVV hopes to “Reach Further” than ever before!

Vera Aqua Vera Vita is excited to announce the formation of its newest legal partnership with a longstanding ally, the University of Dallas, hoping to continue and embellish our mutually beneficial relationship!

Two individuals who have coined themselves the “ami duet” have partnered with VAVV and developed child-friendly visualizations of the impact VAVV is having in Piura, following the fictional life of a young girl named Mayu. Learn about what life for Mayu and children like her is really like!

From the beginning, VAVV has strived to leverage partners throughout the private & public sector to build our capacity as an organization, improve our designs, tell our story, improve our operations, and provide critical expertise on topics such as strategic planning, fundraising, and project & program delivery. Earlier this year, we were able to do just that by enaging a new partner from the world of data analytics and visualization by the name of Viz for Social Good, an organization that brings together skilled volunteers in the data viz community to visualize impact and tell stories for nonprofits using data.

Marking its third year, Vera Aqua Vera Vita is blessed to announce the success of the Annual Speakeasy Fundraiser Event, this year, gone completely virtual! Even though the fundraising goal wasn’t met, the evening was still a huge success! Enough money was raised to provide clean water and sanitation services for 300+ people for generations and generations to come!

Read the Second Quarter of 2021 Executive Director Message as Jacob Niemeier shares many things worth celebrating right now, as together the Vera Aqua Vera Vita family has accomplished much over the past few months. He also lays out what the next few have in store!

VAVV is proud to announce the commencement of planning and engineering for both Cerro de Leones and Las Mercedes! We’re excited to bring sustainable solutions to these two communities, working closely with local government agencies, contractors/consultants, and individuals to empower the people to become owners of the solutions for their own community.

Join Vera Aqua Vera Vita online on May 20th for an evening of booze, jazz, silent auction, prizes, inspiration, and laughs — all to support the life-saving mission of providing access to clean water for those in need!

Read the First Quarter of 2021 Executive Director Message from Jacob Niemeier as he shares what he and Vera Aqua Vera Vita are grateful for and celebrates the milestones the Vera Aqua Vera Vita family has accomplished together over the past few months and what the next few have in store!

VAVV is excited to share the 2020 Annual Report, including a 2020 Year-in-Review and a detailed vision for 2021! Through an unprecedented year, VAVV did as much as possible to continue to meet the need for water, only worsened by the pandemic. Looking into 2021, VAVV hopes to continue Phase II (Sanitary Sewer System) developments in Monte Castillo and finish Phase I (Clean Water Supply/Access) developments for 2-3 new, rural communities.

At the core of Vera Aqua Vera Vita’s project implementation is W.A.S.H. oriented solutions that look to holistically improve the lives of those it touches by securing clean Water and Sanitation Hygiene (W.A.S.H.). As a grassroots nonprofit, it is vital that Vera Aqua Vera Vita not only strive towards W.A.S.H. solutions but provides the community with the knowledge and tools necessary for its future implementation as well.

Since March of 2020, the VAVV team has been collaborating to create material for a W.A.S.H Education Program and is now proud to announce the completion of a W.A.S.H. Workshop!

Read the 4th Quarter of 2020 Executive Director Message from Jacob Niemeier as he shares what he and Vera Aqua Vera Vita are grateful for and celebrates accomplishments in 2020.

This year, Vera Aqua Vera Vita (VAVV) rides the generosity wave, hoping to use the proceeds from GivingTuesday to provide access to clean water for 200 people in the Piura Region of Peru. VAVV pledges that 100% of the donations given for GivingTuesday will go directly to projects in Piura, Peru, providing clean water and sanitation measures to communities in great need. The goal is to raise $10,000!

Today, Nov. 3, 2020 marks the exciting commencement of Vera Aqua Vera Vita’s (VAVV) efforts to officially begin serving seven new communities in the Piura Region of Peru. The assessment phase of the project implementation process gets underway today.

After great success serving the community of Monte Castillo with the installation of a water treatment facility among other sustainable W.A.S.H. initiatives, VAVV now lends a much-needed hand to seven new communities within the Piura Region.