Safe water for a thirsty world

WaterStep has become a household name. Lives have been saved. During college at Belmont University, Mark Hogg went on a mission trip to build a dam in what is now Burkina Faso, a small, land-locked country in western Africa. The 20-year-old and his fellow college students drove five hours from civilization to a remote village … Read more

Typhoid, not witchcraft

WaterStep has become a household name. Lives have been saved. When Philip Wayaki Bongi was 7 years old, an elder named Yauwe died in his community.Yauwe’s son was an outspoken pastor of a local church, a respected man of status.“Where I lived in the remote highlands of Papua New Guinea, almost the entire community believes … Read more

2023 Impact

Written by: Pam Platt, WaterStep Communications Specialist Numbers are important, but they tell only part of a story. For instance, at the end of every calendar year, WaterStep quantifies the number of people impacted by the safe water, sanitation, and hygiene projects the organization and its field consultants carried out among the 74 countries in … Read more

Look for the Helpers

Written by: Pam Platt, WaterStep Communications Specialist Another year draws to a close. In the coming days, many of us will celebrate the promise of new life, wrapped in a holiday both religious and secular. At the end of every year, we need a reminder of that promise because the story of life is the … Read more

WaterStep in Action – Tanzania

Written by: Pam Platt, WaterStep Communications Specialist If you want to see WaterStep in action, if you want to see your donations to WaterStep in action, look no further than the pictures on this page. They show field consultants and representatives of this Louisville, Ky.-based organization responding to a natural disaster in Tanzania, just one … Read more

Rusty

Written by: Pam Platt, WaterStep Communications Specialist People call me Rusty. Given my royal-sounding breed, some might consider me more of a Chauncey, but I’m a cool dog and I’m good with Rusty. I’m an 8-year-old Cavapoo, a hybrid of a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and a Poodle. Humans say my pack is affectionate, friendly, … Read more

Healthy Children Can Learn

Written by: Pam Platt, WaterStep Communications Specialist A teacher shares how access to bleach and safe water has changed the lives of a school and students in Kenya It’s one thing to say that safe water is a basic human right. It’s quite another to be part of a movement that works to ensure that … Read more