Thank you for your generous gift! This report will introduce you to Velma Martinez and the impact you've made in her life.

Welcome to Northwestern New Mexico, just off of Route 66 near the Continental Divide. Velma calls this beautiful place home.

Unlike most, Velma has always struggled to get enough clean water to do basic things like take a bath or cook a meal.

But not any more.

All of that changed when you and DIGDEEP brought her running water for the first time ever.

We've prepared this report to show you your impact. Let's get started!

If you’ve ever had your water shut off for routine maintenance, you know how tough it is to go even a few hours without running water. For an estimated 1.6 million Americans, life without clean running water is a daily reality.

These Americans collect all their water from sources dozens of miles away from their homes, either filling up buckets from wells or purchasing expensive bottled water in grocery stores. In a country where 99.5% of the population has clean running water, this is unacceptable.

DIGDEEP is the only global water organization working on projects here in the US. We started that work on the Navajo Nation. By focusing on low-tech, high-impact solutions, DIGDEEP is making a big impact in this area.

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Thanks for sharing your hard-earned resources with a family in need. No American should live without clean, running water. Your generosity proves that we're all in this together!

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Velma has lived in her home in Baca/Prewitt for her whole life without running water. For her water supply she relied on hauling water weekly from her nearest neighbor.

Now with her newly installed water system, Velma is looking forward to just be able to turn on her tap after a long day of work. Velma is so excited to no longer have to haul heavy buckets of water from a neighbor’s home back to her home in order to take a shower, have a drink of water, cook or even clean around her house. Velma is less stressed now that she has running water in her home. She can now dedicate much more time to taking her disabled Vietnam Veteran husband to his medical appointments. She is excited to celebrate, bathe and cook much more for him. She is very grateful and wants to thank you for helping her get running hot and cold water into her home.

CHAPTER: BACA/PREWITT CHAPTER, NAVAJO NATION

LOCATION: NEW MEXICO

GPS: 35.361441, -108.053758

COMPLETED: JULY 15, 2019

TECHNOLOGY: CISTERN AND ELECTRIC PUMP

SOURCE: WATER TRUCK

LOCAL ALLY: ST. BONAVENTURE

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We collect a TON of project data; this is just a snapshot.

Every DIGDEEP project uses a Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA) that measures the way water access achieves other key goals like health, gender equity, and access to education.

Every DIGDEEP project is community-led and uses locally-appropriate technology. Benefiting families contribute labor and resources, participate in the installation, and are trained to use and maintain the equipment we install.

This water system is one small part of the larger Navajo Water Project - a multi-million dollar initiative to bring clean, running water to hundreds of families in Northwest New Mexico.

We're investing in home water systems, solar solutions, water trucking programs and new clean water sources like wells.

Explore the whole Navajo Water project by visiting the website: navajowaterproject.org

DIGDEEP believes in real empowerment, measurable impact and radical transparency.

We use 100% of every donation to support to communities in need. The families we serve do their part too, by contributing supplies and labor.

When we work together, we can do amazing things.

This project uses cistern and pump technology, a reliable water storage and delivery solution for remote areas. 

Water is delivered monthly to a 1200 gallon cistern buried two feet underground. By burying the cistern, water is protected from sunlight, contamination and freezing. 

Water is then pumped into the home by a pump, through a particulate water filter and into a sink and shower. The system also uses small, in line electric water heaters. 

Each cistern system is built with the help of the benefiting family, who are taught to maintain and upgrade their system as needed. The Navajo Water Project uses local labor and sources local parts when available. 

Now that you've seen the incredible impact your gift can have, why not give again?

It costs $14 a month to deliver water to this house. And there are hundreds of families like this one waiting for a water system of their own.

You can sponsor that amount every month, make a new gift to a family in need or even give in someone's name.

We'll use 100% of your gift on another project like this one, and we'll send you another impact report.