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A proverb with roots around the world tells us: “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” We at WaterStep, with our beautiful community of donors and volunteers like you, know the truth of that proverb. Because working together, we have come so far in the life-saving … Read more
Written by: Pam Platt, WaterStep Communications Specialist 18 is a big year for most young people, and it has been a big year for Isabella Mei Lamkin, too. She took her ACT test, plus dual-credit courses, planning to go to college after she graduates high school and has a gap year. She got her first … Read more
Written by: Pam Platt, WaterStep Communications Specialist In a Myrtle Street conference room, in a warehouse-like building in Old Louisville that is the world headquarters of WaterStep, the ceilings seem almost high enough to accommodate the achievements and goals of two young women who, despite so much in common, are meeting for the first time. … Read more
Written by: Pam Platt, WaterStep Communications Specialist Lily Pad network introduced to potential future operators, users In its 28-year history, WaterStep has responded to 32 disasters – including an Ebola outbreak, the COVID-19 pandemic, a war, earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, tornados, a volcano, and a typhoon – with safe water equipment and sanitation and hygiene training … Read more
Imagine a day without water in Louisville? No water, no River City. No Belle of Louisville and Mary M. Miller riverboats. No Mary M. Miller, America’s first woman licensed sea captain. No jaunty calliope music on the Waterfront. No Steamboat Museum. No Water Tower. No Waterfront Park. No Waterfront Wednesdays. No Thunder Over Louisville fireworks … Read more
Written by: Pam Platt, WaterStep Communications Specialist Message of Global Handwashing Day matters everywhere, year-round ————————————————– “If you want to go fast, go alone,” goes an African proverb. “If you want to go far, go together.” That spirit inspires Global Handwashing Day, observed October 15 to raise awareness about the importance of handwashing with soap … Read more
Written by: Pam Platt, WaterStep Communications Specialist The International Day of the Girl is observed annually on October 11. It is an occasion to highlight and advocate for girls’ rights around the world. WaterStep regards access to safe water as a basic human right and is committed to improving the lives of as many people … Read more
Written by: Pam Platt, WaterStep Communications Specialist Necessity is the mother of invention for WaterStep, too, and this story of next-level, next-generation disaster relief in Kentucky is a timely story for National Preparedness Month, observed every September. The Louisville-based non-profit organization has been on the forefront of putting safe water within reach of people and … Read more
Written by: Pam Platt, WaterStep Communications Specialist “WaterStep’s bee power delivers, thanks to volunteers like Dave Roos” With WaterStep Nation, it’s all about the teamwork … from the Louisville, Ky., headquarters where staff and volunteers manufacture WoW carts, BleachMakers and ChlorineGenerators, and where we collect and sort shoes that donors bring in to help fuel … Read more
Written by: Pam Platt, WaterStep Communications Specialist Last time we met here to celebrate Kenyan Field Consultant Dida Daniel, known to his 5,000 Facebook friends and WaterStep Nation simply as Dida (dee-dah), it was December 2022. The occasion: This extraordinary 28-year-old had just been selected from a field of 260,000 volunteers to be named the … Read more
