Breaking the Cycle of Unsafe Water
"We must step up and do something right to break the cycle of enslavement, and access to safe water is the best way to empower and transform communities." Raphael Wanjala…
Hack2o
By: Kelsey Roberts Once known as the “Graveyard of the West,” Louisville has redeemed its 19th century reputation for waterborne illness to become a breeding ground for safe water technology…
From Costa Rica: Germs that sparkle
How do you explain germs to a little girl? Pam Pusty, WaterStep’s Director of Education, was in a community in Cartago, Costa Rica, teaching health education and hit on…
Women Carrying Water: Taking the weight off, one WaterBall at a time
We say it a lot at WaterStep, but it's true: Too many women and children in the developing world walk long distances every day to get water for their families.…
The WaterBall Rolls Out for World Water Day
In celebration of World Water Day today, we are rolling out the new WaterBall to our partners in Ethiopia and Kenya! Every day, a woman in the developing world might…
Nonprofit Challenges & the Role of Millennials
Victoria Shover, WaterStep Ambassador reporting in! The moment I learned of my acceptance into the Fulbright Program as an English Teaching Assistant in Spain, I immediately began to wonder about…
West Virginia Water Shortage
As an international organization, we at WaterStep are accustomed to disaster relief work on an international level. We have responded to disasters in Costa Rica, Haiti, Pakistan, India, and…
Simple Engineering Solutions for the Developing World: The WaterBall
Kyle Hunter is the creator of the WaterBall, a technology developed to ease the load of women in the developing world, who walk miles every day to reach safe water…
WaterBall Part 2: The Design
The intent of this blog is to explain in more detail the design process of the WaterBall. Two design iterations were done, the first WaterBall prototype (referred to as WaterBall…
WaterBall Part 1: Why the WaterBall?
When you want water, what do you do? Chances are you walk to your kitchen and turn on your faucet. What if you didn’t have a faucet, or what if…
Emergency Management Agencies Partner with WaterStep
WaterStep is excited to be working with the Emergency Management Agency (EMA) in Kentucky and Indiana to create more sustainable options to disaster relief. The EMA have participated in Disaster…
Women and Water
Safe water saves live. At WaterStep, we know and are motivated by this truth. However, bringing safe water to those in need has effects greater than the physical. For…