Global Impact
Safe Water Partnership Brings Transformation to Tanzania
/ By Kristina Goetz For 10 years, a small group of dedicated people in Birmingham, Alabama have partnered with WaterStep to transform thousands of lives across Tanzania with safe water. What started…
Read MoreA Nigerian Man Turns Tragedy Into Hope Through Safe Water
Nehemiah Maji still remembers the murky, rancid water of the Ungwan Pama stream in Kaduna state, Nigeria. He gathered it in clay pots and let the sludge and silt settle before he could drink…
Read MoreSouth Sudanese Man Endured War to Bring Hope Home
When Simon Ottaviano started primary school, he sat under the leathery leaves of an African fig tree, learning to write letters in the dirt with his finger. He sang songs…
Read MoreThese Mothers Faced an Impossible Choice: Dirty Water or No Water
WaterStep’s expertise and a mother’s compassion brought a Costa Rican community dignity through safe water / By Kristina Goetz Ana Lorena had already been working for WaterStep for six or…
Read MoreHope Flows in Asheville: Turning a Flooded Creek Into a Life-Giving Resource
/ By Kristina Goetz The day before Hurricane Helene hit Asheville, North Carolina, Liz Schaefle remembers it rained – consistent and solid – all day long. She lost power in…
Read MoreSafe water for a thirsty world
During college at Belmont University, Mark Hogg went on a mission trip to build a dam in what is now Burkina Faso, a small, land-locked country in western Africa. The…
Read MoreCongo IDP Camps
Typhoid, not witchcraft
When Philip Wayaki Bongi was 7 years old, an elder named Yauwe died in his community.Yauwe’s son was an outspoken pastor of a local church, a respected man of status.“Where…
Read MoreTurning thirst into hope: WaterStep’s Impact in Kenya’s Shikusa prison
/ By Kristina Goetz When Collins Otuoma Obiri arrived at Shikusa Farm Prison in Kenya, 130 men were packed into a small room with no running water. Prisoners walked to…
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