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 walk 5 or more miles to find a water source for her family. Carrying up to 40 pounds of water for several hours a day can … Read more
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 the people I would meet during this academic year. The incredibly impressive group of Fulbrights that I have come to know, respect and admire surpassed … Read more
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 most recently the Philippines. Our recent work in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan led us to an inspired group of people who were desperate for … Read more
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 sources. Hunter’s story shows the passion, intentionality, and thought that went into the WaterBall, and WaterStep is excited to take the next steps to insure … Read more
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 1.0 for this post) was created and taken to Haiti for testing. A second prototype (WaterBall 2.0) was developed based on changes desired after field … Read more
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 when you turned your faucet on, nothing came out? You’d have to walk for water. This is the reality for lots of people in the … Read more
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 Relief Training through WaterStep. They were trained on how to operate WaterStep’s M-100 Chlorine Generator and provide safe water to responders when in need.EMA wrote in … Read more
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 women, safe water means better health for their family, more time to commit to education or a job, and more control of their own lives.In developing … Read more
Boston Marathon winner and first independent member of Kenyan Parliament, Wesley Korir, spoke at WaterStep Monday night about the importance of safe water in his country and the potential that WaterStep has to make a difference in the future.Members of the Louisville Metro Police Department and other community members gathered to hear Korir speak about … Read more
In one weekend at WaterStep, a training can have the potential to bring water to thousands of people. The training from June 7-8 was no different.Director of Training and Trips Claudia Daniels began the meeting by saying that if every person there that day took a water treatment system to an area of the world … Read more
