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Peruvian water professional finds calling after fleeing paradise

Ada Liz Gabancho-Soto fled her small community of Uchiza in the Peruvian Amazon in the 1980s when her family was threatened by the violence of terrorism. Joining throngs of other refugees in the capital city of Lima, she and her parents and siblings were fortunate to find housing with municipal services but witnessed the challenges of others living without adequate running water, sewage management and other basic services. This is where she found her calling to work in water. 

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