Miraildes' battle for water is over

Miraildes and her husband, Jose raise their family of four in Brejao in the state of Bahia where rivers flow, hills span for miles, and coffee farms flourish. For many years the family lacked a reliable source of safe water at home. To get water, Miraildes walked to a river to collect it. She explained that she could never collect enough in one trip for all of their needs, “It was a daily battle to get water.” Go to Water.org to find out how Miraildes and Jose solved their water crisis.