Develop Water Solutions Abroad
Q: What does a volunteer do on a Water Brigade?
A: A Water Brigade experience includes hands-on construction and implementation of a section of the community’s new water system, interaction and cultural exchange with community members, meeting the Water Council and the Basic Sanitation Committee, designing and presenting an educational component to the community’s youth population, and working on a community-wide activity related to the community’s water and sanitation needs.

​​Q: What does a Water Brigade look like?
A: A Water Brigade lasts for 7 days.
Day 1 - Travel/Arrival and Water Introduction
Day 2 - Community and Project Introduction
Day 3-5 - Project Implementation
Day 6 - Education Workshop
Day 7 - Departure


Q: What will I eat?
A: The food on the trip always exceeds the expectations of the volunteers. Global Brigades chefs at the compound will provide home-cooked meals using filtered water everyone morning and evening. Lunches will be provided while on the brigade. All meals are included in the price of the in-country cost and vegetarian options are available.

​Q: What are the costs for each participant?
A: Each brigader will pay the airfare fee, estimated to be around $900. We will find flight quotes after brigaders have been recruited. In addition to the airfare is the in-country fee of $750 to the Global Brigades organization, which includes the costs of supplies for building a water system, food, lodging, transportation to and from the airport and ensures sustainability of the water system. All airfare is purchased as a group through Global Brigades Travel in order for us to travel as one and be picked up as one cohesive group. At this time, individuals cannot book their own tickets.

 
Improving access to clean water one community at a time
Q: When is the 2012 Water Brigade?
A: Our brigade dates for 2012 is set for June 10-17. All brigaders are required to travel together from Seattle to Honduras as a group.

​Q: Why Honduras?
A: Global Brigades has been operating out of Honduras since 2004. Honduras was chosen as a site since it is the second poor nation in Central America and one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere.

​Q: Where will I stay?
A: The group will be flown to Toncontín International Airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. We will be picked up by bus and driven as a group by in-country Global Brigades staff. Where we will stay exactly has not yet been determined however it will be in one of the two compounds:
Rapaco: a beautiful classic hacienda style compound. It has traditionalsummer camp-like amenities such as bunk beds, sheets, towels, a washer and dryer for laundry, an abundance of bathrooms and showers, and filtered water for drinking. The compound has security present 24 hours a day. In addition,Rapaco has a small area in which to play soccer and countless hammocks which provide some of the best naps in Honduras.
Posada Azul: the more rustic of our two main compounds, Posada Azul offers an incredible few of the valley below. It has the normal GB amenities such as beds, sheets, towels, a washer and dryer for laundry, an abundance of bathrooms and showers, and bottled water for drinking. It is a secure compound with security staff working around the clock. Posada Azul is also located just up the hill from the Flor Azul Boys School & Farm, whose students are always ready for a game on their full size soccer fiel
There will be Global Brigades staff employed during our brigade time that will prepare our meals with filtered water and to ensure that all our needs are met. We will be provided with clean water and security guards at the compound.