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WaterStep is privileged to share a guest blog post by Kashoro Nyenyezi, originally published by Medical Missions. In this post she shares the experience her husband, Jean Claude, had traveling through DRCongo last fall training and educating communities on how to prevent the spread of Ebola. Dr Jean Claude of Helping Hand for Survivors’(HHS) traveled … Read more
WaterStep is excited to be adding another country to the list of those we serve. Through a partnership with Epek International, we will be sending WaterStep BleachMakers and M-100 ChlorineGenerators to Afghanistan. Tina Bruner, a board member with Epek, and Seth Gardner, an International Director on staff with the organization, attended a training class at … Read more
The COVID-19 Pandemic has changed the way WaterStep works in almost every facet. Our meetings, tours and events have all gone virtual. Our dedicated manufacturing volunteers are building equipment out of their homes. The few people that are at our headquarters are masked up and six feet apart. We have made lots of changes in … Read more
Guest Blog Post, by Kurtis T. Daniels You know you are part of something bigger than yourself when you get to experience firsthand how all the pieces of your day-to-day challenges in the workplace get disrupted by something like COVID-19. Over these past six weeks, WaterStep has had to leave 625 Myrtle Street and carry … Read more
WaterStep has been busy equipping our neighbors with the protection they need from the COVID-19 pandemic. We have provided homeless shelters and other social service organizations throughout the state of Kentucky and Southern Indiana with our patented BleachMaker. This small piece of equipment generates bleach that exceeds the World Health Organization’s standards using salt, water … Read more
These unprecedented times have inspired amazing creativity among WaterStep Nation. Our Louisville headquarters is temporarily closed, but our staff are hunkered down in their homes so our life-saving work continues! Our team (pictured above) is utilizing video conferencing to continue meeting and collaborating on how best to help the communities we serve. Our field consultants … Read more
If you live in Louisville, you have most likely seen a WaterStep shoe collection box at a local business around town. Or perhaps your child has come home with a flyer advertising an upcoming shoe drive at their school benefiting WaterStep. The notoriety of our shoe program continues to grow in Louisville and is now … Read more
WaterStep recently launched a larger capacity BleachMaker that has the capability of producing 20 liters of bleach in six hours. This new piece of equipment is in high demand in several of the communities we serve. Medical clinics in particular are anxiously awaiting delivery of these new BleachMakers. WaterStep relies heavily on people who are … Read more
Marcia and I get asked, “Did you ever imagine WaterStep would be where it is 25 years ago?” That’s easy! The answer is, “No.” But, looking back is quite fun. Mark and Marcia Hogg It’s a big story with people impacting lives and doing something they never thought possible. Today, as we meet and talk … Read more
January 12, 2020, marks the 10 year anniversary of the catastrophic 7.0 earthquake that devastated Haiti. “With approximately 3 million people affected, this earthquake was the most devastating natural disaster ever experienced in Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Roughly 250,000 lives were lost and 300.000 people were injured. About 1.5 million individuals … Read more
