Episode 54: A 1972 trip to Guatemala ended with a  life-long commitment to water projects there

EPISODE · Mar 25, 2026 · 28 MIN

Episode 54: A 1972 trip to Guatemala ended with a life-long commitment to water projects there

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Bruce Clemens ’72 left Cornell after graduation with a one-way ticket to Guatemala and a desire to “cure poverty,” a mindset he says wasn’t unusual among classmates of that time. Fast forward 54 years and the non-profit that Clemens helped to found there, Aqua del Pueblo, has completed more than 500 water, sanitation and community development projects in the country, covering 1,000 towns and benefitting 500,000 people. Clemens tells his story as the guest for the March Startup Cornell podcast,

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