Residents of Barrio Victor Argeñal faced a severe water crisis. Although most households in the community connected to a government-owned piped water system, the supply remained highly unreliable. Delmy Castillo, the community’s 43-year-old president, shared: “The water shortage here has been so severe that families have had to buy water by the bucket for 4 to 5 lempiras (15 to 19 cents).” [read more]