What is Our Approach?
As a grassroots non-profit, we hand-up NOT hand-out. We empower and supply communities with the means to be the aqueducts to their own salvation.
W.A.S.H. Community Development
Step 1: Form Strategic Partners
The first step in successfully implementing a Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (W.A.S.H.) tailored solution is forming strategic partnerships with local entities in the countries and regions we work within around the world.
These strategic partnerships serve many purposes, and eventually serve as the backbone for engagement with the communities.
Step 2: Data Collection Assessments
Accurate and comprehensive data collection is fundamental to effective decision making from who we will serve to what solutions will be best for them to laying the foundation for project success and sustainability.
PRELIMINARY
Initial high-level research of the community, region, and country to understand demographics, climate, governance, and water, sanitation & hygiene (W.A.S.H.) situations are conducted as needed.
COMPREHENSIVE
Results of the preliminary assessment survey are used to develop community-specific comprehensive surveys to more completely understand the needs of the people.
WATER TESTING
Once the community’s water sources have been identified, a team is contracted to sample and test that water for bacteria, fecal matter, algae and much more.
Step 3: W.A.S.H. Solution Implementation
Accurate and comprehensive data collection is fundamental to effective decision making from who we will serve to what solutions will be best for them to laying the foundation for project success and sustainability.
Education
W.A.S.H. Community Education
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (W.A.S.H.) development solutions are only as effective as the education, instruction, and training that accompany them. That why Vera Aqua Vera Vita aims to develop a comprehensive educational and instructional program to empower the people we serve to ultimately be "the aqueducts of their own future solutions and development."
Theology of the Body Education
Vera Aqua Vera Vita is always focused on the immeasurable dignity and value of each and every human being we serve. That’s why we want to teach truth to the people regarding the innate and indissoluble connection between their body (physical well-being) and soul (spiritual well-being).
Missionary Work
DOMESTIC
Vera Aqua Vera Vita creates an organizational culture in which donors, patrons, volunteers, and staff do missionary work from their own home; this is fostered through by creating solidarity and connections between domestic partners and the people we are serving in developing countries around the world. A strong missionary spirit fostered domestically will best serve our Global Mission.
GLOBAL
The truest measure of success is how much we impact the people we serve in developing countries. Vera Aqua Vera Vita creates opportunities for our domestic donors, patrons, volunteers, and staff to travel abroad to the communities we are working in and help implement a W.A.S.H. solution, participate as an educator in our education program, and/or do missionary work to help VAVV serve those in need.
See Our Work
See how we make our approach become a reality, who we serve, and all that we have accomplished together in giving the gift of True Water True Life!