Projects

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A listing of all the projects WDA has undertaken:

Transnational Community Development Initiative - September 2008 to present

Whitman Direct Action understands that in the process of working for sustainable community development, we must be seekers and not finders. In other words, the communities we are working with should guide our effort, as opposed to our organization overtly asserting our own beliefs of progress. It is in this spirit of collaboration that we will be undertaking a project tentatively titled the Transnational Community Development Initiative. This initiative aims to create a dialogue between the migrant worker communities of Eastern Washington and WDA in order to understand the economic needs of these home communities and develop an implementation project in Mexico to address economic inequity in a sustainable and appropriate manner. Eventually, this project could become a microfinance, microsavings, or public education project, or possibly evolve into something unforeseeably innovative. Regardless, we know it will be designed with respect to all parties involved and implemented to create positive change.

Sadhana Clean Water Project - May 2007 to May 2008
Last year’s Sadhana Clean Water Project addressed obstacles to clean water access in rural India. India claims the second largest population globally with 1.25 billion people; of that, 226 million people do not have access to safe water. In the state of Maharashtra alone, approximately 700,000 people contract water related diseases annually. The problem of water access is further exacerbated by competition for the limited resources available. The demand for water in India is expected to double by 2025 with few viable alternatives for water acquisition. Our project explored possible strategies with local non-profit organizations and community members to improve the conditions of water access in India

Central American Biodiesel Project - January 2006 to August 2006
WDA hosted an International Biodiesel Conference in Honduras that allowed a variety of groups access to information about biodiesel and networking between previously separate groups that could empower them towards further biodiesel work. We also published a Biodiesel Book (El libro de biodiesel) that provides information from a variety of sources on boidiesel.

Build-A-House Project - 2005
Raised over $8,000 and built a home for a destitute family in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua.