Emmanuel Olupot
Don’t you just love it when children lead the way? That is the back story for Emmanuel Olupot, whose family lives in Uganda. Emmanuel’s twelve-year-old daughter has a pen pal…
Forgotten Communities Still Lack Safe Water in Puerto Rico
Post-storm Puerto Rico is still in emergency mode. The crisis in Puerto Rico is not going away anytime soon. Help our fellow Americans get safe water and disinfectant in the…
Training = Empowerment
Our amazing Director of Training and Trips Claudia Daniels led a training on November 2 with representatives from four African countries - Kenya, Uganda, Cameroon, and Ghana - and two South…
FirstBuild Heroes
We couldn't be more proud of the WaterStep manufacturing team! This past weekend at Louisville Mini Maker Faire, they were named FirstBuild Heroes for the invention of the portable Bleach…
No One Has Come to Help Us, Only You…
[foogallery id="7285"] Update from the field, by Chris Kenning At a remote crossroads high in Puerto Rico’s Cordillera Central mountains, crowds on Saturday lined up with buckets and bottles to…
M-100 Installment near Vega Baja
Update from Puerto Rico, by Chris Kenning The WaterStep team in hurricane-devastated Puerto Rico on Thursday saw its first disaster water purifier system installed by a community near Vega Baja, bringing…
WE NEED CLEAN WATER
Nairy Maysonet sat by the edge of a Puerto Rican mountain highway washing laundry in a drainage ditch. Nearby, a school teacher joined a stream of residents who stopped to…
WaterStep on the Ground In Puerto Rico
[foogallery id="7257"] Update and photos from the field, by Chris Kenning. WaterStep is currently on the ground to help, arriving October 10 in the town of Vega Alta to provide…