Paraguay
Improving Access to Sustainable Water and Sanitation Services in Rural and Small Urban Communities in Paraguay
This project aims to improve access to sustainable water and sanitation services in rural communities and small urban centers across several departments in Paraguay. It focuses on strengthening community water systems, promoting key behaviours such as tariff payment and household connections, and reducing barriers to sanitation access through improved infrastructure, local service management, and financial solutions.
A Lazos de Agua Project
42,320
Targeted population
1.5 years
June 2025 to December 2026
Departments of Guairá, Paraguarí, Caazapá, Itapúa, and Caaguazú
Paraguay
Ongoing
Partners
One Drop thanks its partners in the Lazos de Agua Program: the Inter-American Development Bank, The Coca-Cola Foundation, and Fundación FEMSA — as well as Fundación Moisés Bertoni, the project’s executing partner — for making this life-changing project possible!
Key strategies
In 9 rural communities across the departments of Concepción, Guairá, Paraguarí, and San Pedro, efforts will focus on improving community water systems, promoting tariff payment, and strengthening the sanitation boards to ensure the quality and accessibility of sater, sanitation, and hygiene services and products.
In 5 small cities within the departments of Caaguazú, Concepción, Paraguarí, and San Pedro, the project will support access to sewer networks and wastewater treatment plants, promote household connections, and improve access to financial products and services to reduce barriers to connection and ensure the proper operation and maintenance of the systems.
