Safe Water for Nepal

The WaterStep team in Nepal has trained over 200 people in water treatment and health education, and they finished out their week by going to do local installations in other earthquake-affected regions of Nepal. After years of experience in disaster relief, the WaterStep staff redesigned their training programs to deliver greater impact to the areas … Read more

100 Purifiers to Nepal

When earthquakes struck Nepal last month, WaterStep immediately began planning our response. We are ready to send 100 chlorine generators with five staff members and volunteers to Nepal to train locals and provide the technology they need to access safe water.What impact can 100 purifiers have?We saw in the Philippines in 2013 that by training … Read more

Responding in Nepal

“Kathmandu is getting back to normal now, but water is not.” That’s what N.D. Lama told me when I spoke with him yesterday about the current situation in Nepal, where a 7.8 earthquake hit the central region of the country late last month. N.D., a seminary student from Nepal, is working to bring services to … Read more