Translation: the wells of Wampusirpi in Honduras.
Last summer I posted about my Honduran friend Rolando López and some potential Honduras water projects for the Ann Campana Judge Foundation.
The Brisas de Cuyamel project has been funded and is underway as I write this. It's now the dry season there and work needs to get finished before the rains return in June.
The Pimienta project, the more daunting of the two, is not yet underway. Pimienta is in the remote region of La Mosquitia, in the departamento of Gracias a Dios, the easternmost departamento of the country. The blue line running SW-NE through Gracias a Dios is the Rio Patuca (see photo) the longest or second longest (depending upon your source) river in Central America. Pimienta is on the Rio Patuca, just about where the "G" is in Gracia a Dios.
Downstream from Pimienta is the larger town of Wampusirpi, into which you can fly on a small plane.
Rolando just visited the area to assess the water situation and snapped the following pictures of the wells in Wampusirpi. There are five of them, but three are filled with garbage, one no longer has water in it, leaving one functional well.
These wells are large, hand-dug excavations that are fitted with a concrete cover and a pump. The ones I have seen are actually concrete lined and these look to be the same.
No water or garbage at the bottom of this well.
Rolando's friend Paul standing next to a well that is filled with garbage (see photo below).
The last picture shows the only functioning well in the village.
Tomorrow I will post some pictures of Pimienta.
"No, these are Honduran crabs. Whenever one tries to climb to the top, the others just pull him back into the bucket." -- Honduran fisherman to a woman who asked why the crab bucket did not have a cover to keep the crabs from climbing out.
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