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

A year ago El Charco del Ingenio was selected by the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) for the establishment of an Ethnobotanic... Read more

Caminos de Agua

Our water crisis is a region-wide crisis that encompasses not only rural communities but several cities in northern Guanajuato, including San... Read more

Despite unsuccessful efforts in the past, the Canadian corporation Argonaut Gold is once again seeking an environmental impact authorization to... Read more

Audubon de México

It’s hard to imagine that just a few short months ago the Presa Allende was at its lowest recorded water level in recent history, leaving hundreds... Read more

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