Global Impact
Mark Hogg on The Kelly Clarkson Show: Shining a Light on the Global Safe Water Crisis
Mark Hogg recently joined Kelly Clarkson to discuss one of the world’s most misunderstood challenges — unsafe drinking water — and how simple, sustainable solutions are transforming lives and communities…
Read MoreJamaica Builds a Safe-Water Shield After Hurricane Melissa
When Hurricane Melissa tore across Jamaica, it didn’t just rip roofs from homes and send rivers over their banks. It left behind something you can’t always see in the photos:…
Read MoreBonded Labor: Safe Water and Dignity in the Brick Factories of Pakistan
/ By Kristina Goetz Faryad Masih starts his day in the dark in a place where spades and wheelbarrows are his tools. His wife Asia and their four children – Alisa,…
Read MoreOne Post. One Village. Lasting Change in Uganda.
/ By Kristina Goetz For Jude Mugema, it all started with great intentions and big disappointment. Missionaries had come to Jude’s village, called Mpunge, in the Rakai district of southern Uganda…
Read MoreYoung Soccer Player’s Death Sparks Fight for Safe Water
/ Story by Kristina Goetz / Photos by Elisha Abumba Benard Okwach was a brave young man, just 21 years old, who wanted to change his life for the better. After…
Read MoreResponse efforts help contain South Sudan outbreak
/ Story by Kristina Goetz / Photos by Elisha Abumba Nyandeng Bol, a widowed mother of five, has known struggle for as long as she can remember. Nyandeng lives in the…
Read MoreTurning Passion into Impact: Can Soccer change the world?
WaterStep is excited to announce the launch of a powerful new campaign, “The Beautiful Game vs The Greatest Crisis.” This initiative aims to harness the worldwide passion for soccer to help defeat…
Read More50,000 Receive Safe Water and Disinfectant on Kenya’s Mombasa Island
/ By Kristina Goetz Victoria Oketch was expecting a complicated science experiment with vials of chemicals and hefty, technical equipment as she sat in a training session to learn about safe…
Read MoreMenstrual Hygiene Program Launched in Three Countries
/ By Kristina Goetz It only happened once, but that was enough for Nicole Gilberth. She was so ashamed she left her classroom and stayed outside the rest of the afternoon,…
Read MoreEvery Prison in Kenya Now Has Safe Drinking Water
/ By Kristina Goetz WaterStep, a U.S.-based nonprofit organization specializing in global safe water solutions, has successfully implemented its WASHUp program across all 135 prisons in Kenya. This landmark achievement has…
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