Our Mission

Agua Vida is a network of civil society organizations and individuals working in San Miguel de Allende to preserve and restore our finite water resources and to ensure the right to clean water for all through an informed and engaged society.

San Miguel de Allende and its surrounding communities are running out of water and the water that we do have is often contaminated with arsenic and fluoride. This urgent situation requires broad community participation in the search for solutions. The AguaVida Network was conceived as a seedbed for various forms of organized action. It is a permanent collaboration of organizations and is based on patterns of voluntary, reciprocal and horizontal communication, which stimulate joint thinking and action.

Strategies

Raise awareness
  • Educational programs
  • Information campaigns
  • Events
Increase social participation through
  • Individual actions
  • Influencing public policy
Take action
  • Strenthen impact by collaborating with individual organizations in the network
  • Initiate campaigns that bring together knowledge and experience
Gather knowledge and monitor research and analysis of water-related issues at local, national and international levels

News

[translation] SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, GTO.,- A citizen complaint reported strong contamination of the Zaramago stream and a foul smell of feces in... Read more

On February 5, 2022, a new community radio station was launched in Dolores Hidalgo--Radio Cuenca de la Independencia--produced at the Agricultural... Read more

A working group, Rescatemos la Presa Allende, has formed to confront the rapidly growing infestation of Water Hyacinth (Lirio Acuatico) in the... Read more

[Translation] A massive project recently inaugerated in San Miguel de Allende has generated more questions than answers. The Citizens' Forum "... Read more

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