We've completed more than 500 potable water and sanitation projects serving 500,000 since 1972! To address poverty by providing potable water and sanitation services in rural communities in Guatemala. Agua del Pueblo, "The People's Water," is a Guatemalan non-profit founded in 1972 to provide rural communities water and sanitation services. Agua del Pueblo (AdP) has completed projects in more than 800 communities, benefitting more than 500,000. AdP emphasizes that water acts as a means rather than an end, creating community organization structures that empower people to become less reliant upon outside aid. Agua del Pueblo acts as a model for other organizations hoping to respond to similar concerns by presenting its methodology as a template for others.