Lazos de Agua LATAM

🧭 Introduction to the Metaproblem

Access to clean water and sanitation is a basic human right—yet millions across Latin America still lack it. In the face of climate instability, poverty, and systemic inequality, water insecurity continues to undermine public health, education, gender equity, and economic development.

Traditional top-down solutions often fail to adapt to the diverse cultural, economic, and geographic realities of the region.

🌍 Core Problem in the Bioregion

In countries across Latin America, entire communities face persistent barriers to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services. Infrastructure is underdeveloped or poorly maintained. Behavior change programs rarely take root. Local economies lack the capital and coordination needed to sustain progress. Without integrated, community-based solutions, these challenges remain deeply entrenched.

💡 Proposed Solution

Lazos de Agua LATAM, led by the One Drop Foundation, is revolutionizing water access through a dynamic, adaptable model known as the A·B·C for Sustainability™. This holistic framework includes:

• A: Access – Building and upgrading WASH infrastructure, while strengthening local operators and institutions
• B: Behavior Change – Implementing the award-winning Social Art for Behavior Change™ approach, using participatory, culturally resonant art to inspire long-term shifts in WASH behaviors
• C: Capital – Empowering local value chains and micro-enterprises with the tools, networks, and financing needed to make WASH solutions sustainable

Together, these components ensure that communities not only gain access to clean water and sanitation—but also have the tools and ownership to maintain them.

🌱 What Makes it Unique

💧 Integrated, Adaptive Framework – A model that evolves with each country, community, and partner organization
🎭 Art as Transformation – Behavior change powered by local stories, performances, and creative participation
🌍 Regional Reach – Active and expanding in Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, and Paraguay, with 6 more countries on the horizon
📈 Sustainability at the Core – Strengthens WASH ecosystems through capital access, enterprise support, and system-wide resilience

This is water access reimagined—not as charity, but as collective transformation.

❤ Why People Should Donate

Your support brings:

• Clean water and sanitation to over 1 million people by 2030
• Community empowerment through art, education, and participation
• Sustainable economic opportunities that support WASH services for the long term
• Regional collaboration to scale what works across Latin America

This is your chance to help change not just systems—but lives.

🚨 Call to Action

💧 Donate now to bring water, dignity, and sustainable change to Latin America.
🎨 Support a model that empowers communities through infrastructure, creativity, and economic resilience.
📢 Share this vision to help us reach 1 million people by 2030—and beyond.