Who We Are

Staff in Rio Blanco, Nicaragua:

Carmen Gonzalez, National Coordinator

José Rosalio Jarquín Garcia, Techical Director

Gregoria Espinoza, Community Health Education

Liliam Obando, Community Health Education

Jaime Alonso, Technical Team

Esteban Cantillano, Technical Team

Tomas Matamoros, Technical Team

Pedro Zamoro, Head Mason

Alfonso Bracamonte, Mason

Ramon Zamoro, Mason

US Board of Directors:

Gilles Corcos

Charlie Huizenga

Anne Corcos

RJ Bunnell

Bill McQueeney

Kelly Naylor

Debbie Parducci

About the founders...

Gilles Corcos, is a Professor Emeritus in the Mechanical Engineering Department at UC Berkeley and a founding member of Agua Para La Vidal. He has written extensively about gravity flow drinking water systems including "Air in Water Pipes", published by APLV.

Charlie Huizenga is one of APLV's founding members and was part of our very first project in 1987. He is an active board member and plays a role in most of APLV's activities, including fundraising, newsletters, training, design and project oversight. He has developed several software tools to assist in gravity flow system design. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and is a building energy efficiency researcher and Adjunct Professor in the Architecture Department at UC Berkeley.

French Board of Directors:

Gilles Corcos

Jacques Bessieres

Bernadette Collette

Mathieu Le Corre

Erik Decamp

Philippe Jennepin

Jean-Philippe Vial