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Early last year, WaterStep assisted Field Consultant, Jude Mugema, in the construction of a rain catchment system for his community in the District of Rakai, Uganda. Prior to the system being built, the women and children in the village had to walk 3.7 miles to a water source that was contaminated to retrieve water for their families … Read more
Check out our interview with our Facilities Manager and Volunteer Coordinator, Tyrei Hanlon: How long have you been involved with WaterStep? I’ve been involved with WaterStep for three years now! What is your current role? My current role is Facility/Volunteer Coordinator, and I’m learning to produce media for WaterStep now, too. What is your WaterStep “Why?” I would say my WaterStep “why” is simply … Read more
WaterStep was honored to have Mayor Fischer at its headquarters this morning to give an update on his Give A Day efforts around the city. During the live press conference, the Mayor recognized all the good work WaterStep does, both locally and internationally, and the fact that the organization keeps an average of 30,000 pounds of waste out … Read more
Rounding out our featured WaterStep Wonder Women is our amazing board member, Chelsea Rueff! How did you initially get involved with WaterStep? I started following WaterStep on social media a few years ago because I heard about their mission and thought it was awesome, challenging and inspiring. After a few years of watching their many amazing projects and seeing … Read more
WaterStep Wonder Woman, Meiley Garrido, is a new field consultant in Honduras and she just completed her first project. Last November, Honduras was hit with two hurricanes. Eta made landfall first, followed closely by Iota (the aftermath is pictured below). The community of El Carrizal was devastated by the storms and their water supply was … Read more
This month, we celebrate World Water Day, as well as International Women’s Day. In this issue of WaterStep news, we are focusing on some of our amazing WaterStep women. Doreen Nkirote is a field consultant working in Kenya, primarily with Raphael Wanjala’s team. Doreen was a student in Raphael’s sustainable human development class at Tanzania Catholic University. It was through this … Read more
Claudia Daniels is the Director of International Partnerships and Missions. She has been on staff since 2001 and spends her days communicating with our field consultants around the world, walking them through their water projects. Claudia said, “I work with them on training, making sure they have the equipment and funding they need, strategizing with … Read more
Bringing Hope to East Africa WaterStep field consultants have been very active over the last 18 months, diligently working to reach communities in landlocked Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Paul Owino, Raphael Wanjala and Humphrey Muchuma have been working together to impact as many people as possible with their life-saving training and equipment. Paul Owino said, “COVID-19 … Read more
WaterStep relies heavily on our shoe program to fund our mission of saving lives with safe water around the world. We have drop-site locations all over Louisville, and in several other major cities as well. The shoes are collected by volunteers and brought to our headquarters in Old Louisville (shoes are pictured below waiting to … Read more
