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If you meet the following guidelines, we invite your application:

• Applications are accepted only from Peace Corps Volunteers.
• We only fund water and sanitation projects.  (Water and sanitation components for schools, clinics, and community centers are fine.)
• The total cost for a project must be under $555.*
• The project must be ready to start at once. (We will not wait for donations to come in, but rather we will pre-fund the project.)
• The project must be completed within one month of funding.
• You must be willing to ask for help from friends and family for the funding of your project.**
• In view of the current situation in Guatemala, we are requesting that Guatemala PCVs send us an email (to mail@watercharity.org) before submitting an application. Please include a brief description of your project, your COS date, and some assurance that, to the best of your knowledge, you will be able to remain at your site and not COS early.

To submit your application, CLICK HERE. Please submit 3 pictures as soon as you transmit the application. Pictures should be of the project site or community. A picture that includes the PCV should be a group shot.

Note that we encourage follow-up projects. However, we request that you submit only one application at a time. When you finish the first project, you can submit your application for the next.

*Note that the amount you receive will be 10% less than you apply for. After several years of absorbing credit card transaction costs and bank transfer fees, we are now forced to consider these costs as "project costs". Thus, if you apply for $555, you will actually receive $499.50 ($555 less $55.50 transaction costs).

**This is a new requirement implemented after 3 1/2 years of operation. It was brought on by a drastic reduction of funds from our major funders due to the condition of the economy. It was further determined to be necessary when an examination of our history showed that we have many projects started and completed where not a single penny was donated.