Written by: Pam Platt, WaterStep Communications SpecialistMessage of Global Handwashing Day matters everywhere, year-round--------------------------------------------------“If you want to go fast, go alone,” goes an African proverb. “If you want to go…
Written by: Pam Platt, WaterStep Communications SpecialistSix hours, 7,000-plus miles, and an ocean separate WaterStep’s Louisville, Ky., headquarters from the Rubavu District in the Western Province of Rwanda in Africa.But…
Written by: Pam Platt, WaterStep Communications Specialist In the world of WaterStep, a single drop of water on a pond’s surface is all it takes to cause a ripple effect…
Health and wellness, education and training, and empowerment (three areas of focus for WaterStep) all start with safe water. While the problem is huge, the solutions are simple. Utilizing safe…
We are celebrating with Kenyan Field Consultant, Dida Daniel, who was just named the Kenyan Red Cross Youth Volunteer of the year! Dida was selected out of a pool of…
This story is written by Brian Gitonga, a WaterStep volunteer in Kenya. He is a member of Ambassador Raphael Wanjala's team.Jackeline: “I have now graduated from a housewife to a…
Paul Owino recently trained leadership and widows from the Kenya Widows and Orphans Ministry (KWO). He took them through the process to be certified in the World Health Organization's (WHO)…
Prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, WaterStep field consultants were busy training communities in Kenya on proper health and sanitation. Raphael Wanjala (pictured below, far right,) who began…
These unprecedented times have inspired amazing creativity among WaterStep Nation. Our Louisville headquarters is temporarily closed, but our staff are hunkered down in their homes so our life-saving work continues!…
WaterStep Field Consultant, Paul Owino, is seeing a 10 month project come to fruition with the completion of his new bleachmaking headquarters in Kisumu, Kenya. His new building consists of…
One of our newly appointed WaterStep ambassadors, Humphrey Muchuma, has been traveling the African continent over the last month training communities on proper health and hygiene as well as our…
This spring, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is experiencing an Ebola outbreak that has reached disaster level. Currently, there have been 1,572 cases reported and 1,045 deaths. To…