My name is Caitlin and I am a licensed Civil Engineer. My passion is to support remote impoverished villages worldwide, showing God's love as I help people gain access to safe drinking water, appropriate sanitation and basic hygiene education. I work in partnership with community leaders to produce sustainable projects.
As many of your know Hurricane Matthew has had a devastating effect on the people of Haiti. I’ve worked in partnership with Faith and Love in Action (FLA) in Haiti for over three years now – originally with water/sanitation projects and, since 2014, the “Gift a Goat” program that many of you support. I only have … More Support for our friends in Haiti
I’m almost finished with my second week in Uganda and, as usual, I have a lot to share and little time to do it 🙂 At the moment, we are drilling in Butenga (a village of 250 ppl). This site was selected by Washington, a Ugandan man I trained here in 2012 for Hydromissions. Washington … More Things have gotten “rocky”!
4 (or 5) countries in 2 months. Lots of projects ahead of me! … More My Next 4 (0r 5) Countries
Each Hydromissions project is unique because we work in many countries, most of which have different climates, languages and cultures within themselves. … More Panama Projects
Although Stateside at the moment, I still have stories to share from my recent work in Panama. Read about the new pump design and check out the manual (link in the post) to build your own! … More A New PVC Pump!
Simon, Shirlene, Ellie and I returned to Dejada to build the rain catchment system about two weeks after our initial visit. That two weeks was enough time for the community to build a platform for the water tank and cut posts to support the elevated pipe from the roof to the tank. It is really … More Dejada
One of the first projects in Panama was to check out a new community called Dejada for a potential rain catchment system. Dejada was described as being near another community that I thought was called “Charcoal.” It sounded like “Charcoal” or “Sharcoal,” but it was neither. It was called “Shark Hole.” I am not joking- I felt a … More 5 Awesome Volunteers!
I do the same thing every time I am transitioning between projects. I procrastinate writing a blog post until I am at the airport or on the plane, en route to my next project community. I’m glad that technology is available that allows me to access wifi while FLYING (so cool!), but what a contrast … More PAAAnaMAA!
Leaving a community doesn’t get easier the more often you do it… … More “We will remember you…when we use our toilets”
A 4 year-long wait is finally over for this small, 250-person community… … More Open the Faucets!
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