Engaging Afro-descendant, indigenous and migrant communities in water, sanitation and hygiene
"Leaving no one behind" in sustainable development means including the voices of the more than 200 million people who identify themselves as Afro-descendants in Latin America and the Caribbean (ONU, 2023). Meet Delrin Chavarría, Afro-descendant and indigenous, who found an opportunity to give back his community through UNV.
Delrin joined the UNV team in 2021 with an assignment in the Darién, a difficult-to-reach indigenous jungle area located on the Colombia-Panama border. A daily average of between 1,000 and 1,500 migrants pass through this place, and access to drinking water is a permanent need.
"UNICEF installed water treatment plants in the Darién with which approximately 40,000 liters of drinking water are currently produced per day. My task is to monitor them so that local communities and migrant populations can efficiently use that water," Delrin continues.