“I like working with people. I like helping people.” A curious mind. An unconventional career path. Meet Oscar Melendez. He’s helping redefine what safe water support looks like in El Salvador. [...]
Raquel is standing on top of the community water tank. As a water board member in Zocamil, El Salvador, she’s grown quite comfortable here. Every three days, she climbs up to add chlorine to the [...]
Today we celebrate a major milestone! Two million people is a lot of people reached with safe water! Most of them, we’ll never meet. And that’s exactly how lasting change should work. Milestones [...]
Through community visits, Cova’s Circuit Rider program works specifically alongside water boards to strengthen the systems that deliver safe water. Through school visits, Cova’s WASH [...]
“It’s like a floor that’s been swept, but it doesn’t shine yet. We’re still working on that.” For Gladys, safe water is not something you achieve once and walk away from. But even without the [...]
Not every water system challenge requires starting over. Instead, a closer look and the right technical support helped restore the one already in place in Cruz Verde, El Salvador. Not long ago, [...]
Carmen, Maria, and Marlena are taking a breather hillside, brooms and buckets in hand. They have just climbed out from the inside of a holding tank after completing the annual cleaning, one of [...]
Safe water is inextricably linked to the health of our planet. Cova’s work to ensure water stays safe is predicated on there being water to protect. As climate change reshapes the landscape in [...]
Water doesn’t stay safe on its own. People keep it safe. It’s a promise that communities make to one another. It’s a promise that the water families drink will be safe. And it’s a promise [...]
In the rural villages, small towns, and hillsides where we work across Central America, women largely manage water at home. They pay close attention and notice when the supply runs low. They [...]
