A quick post to celebrate another one of our great volunteers. Jonah is an eight-year-old boy from Kentucky who decided to fundraise for safe water projects. For his eighth birthday, he sent out invitations to his birthday party requesting donations instead of presents. “My mom gave me $20 and then all of my friends and … Read more
Last month for World Water Day, we challenged the WaterStep community to collect a semi-truck full of shoes to help bring water to a village in Uganda – about 22,000 pounds of shoes. We were blown away by the response. Schools, businesses, churches, and individuals donated their bags of used shoes by the dozens, collecting … Read more
This Sunday, March 22, is World Water Day. In honor of this year’s theme – Water and Sustainability – I wanted to share a photo that we’ve never shared before. This photo comes from a school in Costa Rica, where WaterStep has one of its longest-standing programs. School girls are brushing their teeth and washing … Read more
Volunteer Dr. Joe Jacobi has been an integral part of WaterStep’s mission for years, leading the development and manufacturing of the M-100 Chlorine Generator. Below, he shares how he got involved with WaterStep and how volunteering has been important to him. Learn how you can get involved and save lives with safe water. A few … Read more
WaterStep Director of Training and Trips Claudia Daniels shares the needs of a community in Costa Rica. You can join us on our next trip to the community where we are saving lives with safe water. Check out her story below and learn more about Claudia on our Staff page. There is this small town in … Read more
Guest blogger Cliff Carlson shares how he and his family got involved with WaterStep and how it has made an impact on his life. During my daughter’s 11th grade high school year in 2007, she needed to fulfill a Beta Club requirement of outreach. While talking to a family friend, it was recommended that she look … Read more
October 15th through the 17th WaterStep helped celebrate the Belle of Louisville’s Centennial Birthday by participating in the Centennial Festival of Riverboat’s, Adventures in Education Festival. The festival gave 2000 Louisville third through fifth graders the opportunity to explore various educational displays and demonstrations.WaterStep staff, along with student volunteers from the University of Louisville, taught … Read more
Read the following interview with the three founding members of the Student Water Initiative – Will Modrall, Jed Kennedy, Elizabeth Carbone. This student group from the University of Louisville is competing in the upcoming Hack2O Water Hackathon, a design-build competition to create innovative water solutions for the developing world. The Student Water Initiative will … Read more
by Lauren Hack A quick post to celebrate one of our great volunteers. Thirteen-year-old Kylie from Florence, Kentucky, hosted a shoe drive last month and collected 642 pairs of shoes! Thanks to Kylie, these shoes will support safe water projects in communities around the world. How do we turn shoes into water? Donating new … Read more
When communities come together to collect shoes, they support water projects around the world. That is exactly what one Peoria community did.When accountant Denise Henderson from Peoria, IL saw the impact that her church made through a shoe drive, she decided she could multiply their efforts by starting even more shoe drives in the area. … Read more
