sharring WaterStep’s new Director of Business Development, Michael Raus, connected with us for an interesting reason. He found out about WaterStep through his history and experience with shoes.Raus grew up in Louisville, and attended Kentucky Country Day High School. He attended American University in Washington D.C., and got a B.S.B.A. in International Business. He graduated from … Read more
WaterStep is proud to announce that its innovative M-100 Chlorine Generator will be featured in the 2013 Sustainia100 Guide, which identifies 100 of the world’s most impactful and sustainable solutions. The M-100 was selected using the five evaluation criteria: readily available, positive environmental impact, financially viable, improve quality of life and scalability. The M-100, which … Read more
Natalie Hymer, ambassador for WaterStep, was awarded the President’s Award from Georgetown College for academic achievement, leadership, service, and potential as a scholar and Christian leader.This is Hymer’s fourth summer working at WaterStep. She has worked as an intern, managed mission sites, and is currently planning a trip to Daréin, Panama for WaterStep with Tori … Read more
WaterStep’s hand pump repair training team started building a training platform that will simulate a hand pump in the real world, this week. Rick Jenner, who leads the hand pump repair trainings, said that the platform will simulate the situations students will encounter in areas where pumps have been broken. “The pump would be on … Read more
Guest blogger Kinsey Morrison shares stories from Costa Rica below.First an earthquake, then the Harlem Shake. Thanks to Jeremiah’s creativity and iPhone with an app for everything, we started Wednesday off with a team Harlem Shake before we left for the day’s work. Our incredible bus driver, Wilson, said afterward, “I have done things with … Read more
Guest blogger Rob Jammer shares his experience with WaterStep on the recent Costa Rica trip. On our third night in El Jardin Sagrado, Costa Rica, we sat around picnic tables next to the kitchen for our debrief. It was not yet 9PM but the sun had set a few hours before. The fluorescent lights above … Read more
David and Robin Brothers have worked in North East India over the past several years to make sure people there have access to clean water, and health and hygiene education.In 2005, David Brothers went to India with the expectation of being a mission pastor, but when he arrived, he realized that there were already plenty … Read more
For Delaney Boone, 17, volunteering at WaterStep may have changed the course of her future. Delaney, and her sister Reilly Boone, 15, came to WaterStep with their YMCA group and helped clean out the new building on Myrtle Street. They also toured WaterStep’s old building, and saw the office, the warehouse and the water school. … Read more
We’ve asked guest blogger Jerome Soldo to share his experiences hosting a shoe drive for WaterStep in the blog post below. Read this inspirational story about how a few students engaged their community to make a huge impact on our organization.Greetings from Louisville, KY,My name is Jerome Soldo and I just finished my freshman year … Read more
When you SEE a sick child on TV living with water, it’s just horrible. When you MEET a child suffering from waterborne disease, you’ll never forget it. When you CHANGE the world for one of these children, you then have the power to do it again and again. In the video below, Jeff and Holly … Read more
