Written by Annmarie Morin, Waterstep Field Consultant About 18 months ago, I was tasked with bringing to life BASEflow’s bleach-making initiative that was introduced to us by WaterStep, one of our strategic partners. Since I was not doing much at the time as a recently unemployed youth looking for work, I took on the challenge … Read more
On a dirt road in Tanzania, a miracle happened. There is a 13km stretch between two villages, one which has a WaterStep system that provides safe water for the entire community. The other village does not have safe water (yet!). A pregnant woman, named Vaileth, walked the eight mile stretch every day in order to … Read more
We are excited to share a great article out of Silver City, New Mexico written by Geoffrey Plant of the Silver City Press: WaterStep is a nonprofit based in Louisville, Ky., whose main mission is delivering clean water to underdeveloped countries — but thanks to a local connection, two Grant County nonprofits are benefiting from … Read more
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 the WaterStep movement in Africa, organized multiple teams in January and February which traveled around the country and educated people on how to properly wash … Read more
WaterStep is excited to be adding another country to the list of those we serve. Through a partnership with Epek International, we will be sending WaterStep BleachMakers and M-100 ChlorineGenerators to Afghanistan. Tina Bruner, a board member with Epek, and Seth Gardner, an International Director on staff with the organization, attended a training class at … Read more
WaterStep has been busy equipping our neighbors with the protection they need from the COVID-19 pandemic. We have provided homeless shelters and other social service organizations throughout the state of Kentucky and Southern Indiana with our patented BleachMaker. This small piece of equipment generates bleach that exceeds the World Health Organization’s standards using salt, water … Read more
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! Our team (pictured above) is utilizing video conferencing to continue meeting and collaborating on how best to help the communities we serve. Our field consultants … Read more
WaterStep recently launched a larger capacity BleachMaker that has the capability of producing 20 liters of bleach in six hours. This new piece of equipment is in high demand in several of the communities we serve. Medical clinics in particular are anxiously awaiting delivery of these new BleachMakers. WaterStep relies heavily on people who are … Read more
January 12, 2020, marks the 10 year anniversary of the catastrophic 7.0 earthquake that devastated Haiti. “With approximately 3 million people affected, this earthquake was the most devastating natural disaster ever experienced in Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Roughly 250,000 lives were lost and 300.000 people were injured. About 1.5 million individuals … Read more
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 three rooms: one for producing bleach, one for packaging, and one for selling it to local residents. They also have a motorcycle they use to … Read more
