Every year, Water for People organizes Impact Tours that bring Water for People volunteers and supporters into the communities where the organization’s work has transformed lives. Through its Everyone Forever model, Water for People has helped provide more than 5.8 million people around the world with reliable, sustainable water services. In May 2026, I will join Water for People as the representative for the KY TN AWWA Water for People Committee on an Impact Tour to Peru. During this trip, our team will meet community members, local leaders, government officials, and Water for People staff who are working together to build long‑lasting water and sanitation systems. In rural areas of Peru, only 75.6% of people have access to basic and safely managed water services, and just 56% have access to basic sanitation—realities that shape daily life in profound ways, influencing health, education, economic opportunity, and community resilience. Water for People is working in three districts of Peru—Cacus, Reque, and Asunción—where communities are strengthening water and sanitation systems through local leadership and collective effort. Spending time with Peruvian community members, learning from their experiences, and observing the infrastructure they rely on offers a powerful perspective on how water access defines daily living. Their resourcefulness, resilience, and commitment to sustainable solutions highlight both the differences and the shared challenges between their communities and those in Tennessee and Kentucky. Seeing how they design, maintain, and adapt their systems encourages us, as engineers, to think more creatively and more humbly about our own work. These insights deepen our understanding of what it means to build infrastructure that truly serves people and ultimately shape the kind of engineers we strive to become.