Social Impact Heroes: How Megan Hayes and Kimberly Reilly Are Helping To Bring Clean Water Systems To Thousands of Impoverished People

The story of Gloria from La Canada, Honduras is one that is close to our hearts. We visited her in person with Water1st International, who was about to embark on a water project in her community — one of the many 3,000 projects they have completed, and none of them have failed to date. Gloria was 64 years old, but looked a lot older from a hard life of carrying water from a distant unclean water hole to provide for her family of 14 children. She fought hard to bring clean running water and sanitation to her village. A year later upon the completion of the project, with tears in her eyes, she said, “I am so happy because now when I wake up I can have a cup of coffee, and be clean.” She went on to explain that, “before there was water, there was no school, no…