Global Impact

/ By Kristina Goetz Benard Okwach was a brave young man, just 21 years old, who wanted to change his life for the better. After struggling as an orphan since childhood,…

/ By Kristina Goetz Nyandeng Bol, a widowed mother of five, has known struggle for as long as she can remember. Nyandeng lives in the heart of Duk County, South Sudan,…

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…

/ 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…

/ 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,…

/ 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…

Ayok Khot Kuol has watched so many people die from cholera in Duk County, South Sudan. As emergency response manager, Ayok is in charge of the John Dau Foundation’s cholera response,…

/ 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…

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…

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…