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This holiday season · Moving Mountains 2026–27

Clean water doesn’t belong
on Santa’s wish list.

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Two homes. One season.

This holiday season, home means something different.

For one family, water is already at the table. For another, getting it there is part of the day.

Two stemmed glasses of clear water on a table

A mother and her son carrying buckets of water up a rocky hillside path in a Lima community

Help bring water closer to home.

Why it matters

Access to safe water

2.1 billion people

Still lack drinking water that is available when needed and protected from contamination.

WHO & UNICEF, 2025

Children’s health

300,000 deaths each year

Unsafe water, poor sanitation, and inadequate hygiene contribute to preventable deaths among children under five.

The cost of water in Lima

6× more per cubic meter

Families without a public water connection in peri-urban Lima and Callao can pay six times more while using less than half as much water as connected households.

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See what water means to the families we serve.

This is the campaign we’re building together—and the communities it supports.

OUR PROJECTS

What Your Support Makes Possible.

These community-led projects are designed to make water more reliable for families across Latin America.

A girl looking out over the hillside community of Laderas de Amancaes, Lima

Water for Laderas de Amancaes

Lima, Peru

What families are facing

On steep, irregular terrain, families depend on water being brought into their hillside neighborhood.

A safer path toward neighborhood water access and stronger hillside infrastructure for the community.

Benefiting 100 families

Ecological Cochas

Cusco, Peru

What families are facing

Unpredictable rains followed by long dry periods make reliable water storage essential for the community.

Restoring ancestral water systems that naturally retain and regulate water for the community.

Benefiting 150 families

Irrigation Water Tank

Nabuzo, Ecuador

What families are facing

During drought, families’ crops depend on water that does not always reach them when it is needed.

A water-capture project designed to help families make better use of available water during dry seasons.

Benefiting 340 FAMILIES

MEDLIFE is committed to honoring your generosity and using your donation where it can make the greatest impact. Acting reasonably and in good faith, MEDLIFE may allocate contributions to support the organization’s highest priority needs within its health, education, and community development programs.

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Hi! I’m supporting MEDLIFE’s Moving Mountains campaign this year. Something as simple as a glass of water can take hours to get for a family without reliable water access—and it’s part of their day, every day. If you’d like to help, your donation can support water access projects and other community needs. ❤️
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