This is my first blog post in a while.
I've been meaning to write but back home I didn't find the space and time.
I made a video (click here) on the airplane with a woman named Via and
her son. She was born in Costa Rica and has been living in the US for 16 years.
We had a discussion about how San Salvador has recently begun to treat the
water with chlorine and other chemicals. So within this past year all of the
people in the village have gone from drinking pure water to drinking
chlorinated water. There's been an attempt in the neighborhood by a fellow
ex-pat to try and reverse this as our water comes from a very pure source and
need not be treated. The locals have probably been given misinformation and
they do not understand how important it is to protect the water. At least
that's what I saw when I showed up to the village water board meeting. Very few
people showed up, someone said we should reschedule the meeting - people are
not coming and they are not interested.
The subject of pure water is dear to my heart and I've been
wondering how to help. This woman wanted to speak and I'm posting the video for
the local neighborhood. It is in Spanish and the videography is of course
terrible but that's not the point.
