WaterStep Responds to Disaster in Malawi
Malawi, a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa, is experiencing disastrous flooding due to heavier than normal spring rains. A considerable number of lives have been lost and there are more…
Safe Water for Nepal
The WaterStep team in Nepal has trained over 200 people in water treatment and health education, and they finished out their week by going to do local installations in other…
Responding in Nepal
“Kathmandu is getting back to normal now, but water is not.” That’s what N.D. Lama told me when I spoke with him yesterday about the current situation in Nepal, where…
Fifth Anniversary of Haiti Earthquake
Five years ago today, we remember with deepest sympathy the people of Haiti and their great loss of family, structure and hope. Here are some reflections, including a short…
Training the trainer: bringing safe water, disaster relief to Tacloban City
WaterStep Installation In Tacloban from WaterStep on Vimeo. Shoji Castillo, 24, of the Rotary Club of Cebu, installs a donated water purifier in Tacloban City, one of the areas hardest…
Water purifiers installed in disaster-stricken Philippines, bringing hope to typhoon victims
"We need foods: rice and water." WaterStep team's Kylene White and Chris Kenning followed water training attendees to Tacloban City, one of the areas hardest hit by last month's typhoon.…
Disaster relief organizations in the Philippines start water training
WaterStep team and training attendees talk about the first day of training at WaterStep's training center in the Philippines that was set up earlier this week. Video by Kylene White…
Arriving in the Philippines, paving the way for disaster relief
WaterStep CEO Mark Hogg from Cebu City, Philippines, where WaterStep is setting up a training center to train disaster relief nonprofits in the installation, operation, and maintenance of WaterStep's M-100…
UofL students carry water purifiers to the Philippines to help with disaster relief
A group of University of Louisville students left early this morning, carrying 60 water purifiers in their luggage destined for Cebu City, Philippines. Read more about the efforts these…
Packing for the Philippines
WaterStep staff and volunteers talk about packing to send 60 water purifiers to Cebu City, Philippines. There WaterStep is setting up a training center to teach the installation, operation, and…
WaterStep Responds to Flooding in India
Flooding in India has killed at least 1,000 people and left many without homes or access to safe water. WaterStep is mobilizing a team to bring safe water to the…