“I’ve been back to villages where these projects have been installed for two or three months, and it changes the whole village.” – Wayne Hudson, CEO, Safe Water Africa Make a Global Impact / By Kristina Goetz For 10 years, a small group of dedicated people in Birmingham, Alabama have partnered with WaterStep to transform thousands … Read more
“What they used as a weapon, I want to use as a blessing.” – Nehemiah Maji Make a Global Impact 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 it. This was the same … Read more
Thanks to WaterStep’s expertise and Ana Lorena’s compassion, a Costa Rican river community found dignity through safe 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 seven years as a translator in her home … Read more
I just want to say thank you for coming to Asheville and helping us. Your team is awesome. The water tastes good, it’s very convenient to my house, and your staff and volunteers are awesome. I simply do not know what my family would be doing without your assistance during this crisis. Ya’ll rock. THANK … Read more
WaterStep has become a household name. Lives have been saved. 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 20-year-old and his fellow college students drove five hours from civilization to a remote village … Read more
WaterStep has become a household name. Lives have been saved. 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 I lived in the remote highlands of Papua New Guinea, almost the entire community believes … Read more
/ By Kristina Goetz WaterStep has become a household name. Lives have been saved. 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 the river with a jerry can and had to decide how to use the dirty water … Read more
