Access to clean water is a right and a cross-cutting theme of all our work. We install purification systems, improve water infrastructure, and train school communities in the care of water as a common good and shared resource.
The lack of clean water represents a constant challenge to the healthy development of children and their families. Without functional water infrastructure, school routines and community health suffer recurrent disruptions. Therefore, ensuring access to water and integrating hygiene habits is an essential step to strengthen families and improve their future opportunities.
71% of Venezuelans
face an irregular or nonexistent
water supply.
Only 26% of the Venezuelan population uses safely managed sanitation services.
21% of educational institutions lack functional drinking fountains and regular access to potable water, making basic hygiene impossible.
On June 24, two earthquakes shook Venezuela. The damage is devastating.
Fundación Chamos has been working directly with the most vulnerable communities for 19 years. We were already there, and we are already responding.
As part of our comprehensive emergency response, moving towards a reconstruction phase, we are launching Construyo con Chamos (Building with Chamos), a sustainable long-term strategy divided into the following programs: Construyo Jugando (Building by Playing), Construyo Nutriendo (Building by Nourishing), Construyo Gota a Gota (Building Drop by Drop), Construyo Sanando (Building by Healing), and Construyo Rehabilitando (Building by Rehabilitating).
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