WaterStep to Open New Global Office in Bungoma, Kenya Claudia Daniels, Zacharie Tossou and Humphrey Muchuma teamed up to make the exciting announcement that WaterStep will be expanding our global footprint by opening a field office in Bungoma, Kenya. The office will be managed by WaterStep Ambassadors Humphrey Muchuma and Raphael Wanjala and they will … Read more
Mayfield Christian School sits on top of a mountain on Mfangano Island and is home to 120 students, many of whom are orphans and live on premises. This island is located in Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest lake. The lake borders the East African countries of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda and is incredibly contaminated. It serves … Read more
The WaterStep team has long dreamt of the day we could make an impact in the Lake Victoria region of East Africa. Lake Victoria is the second largest fresh water lake in the world and it is depended upon by people living in its bordering countries of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. It is also heavily … Read more
Recently, WaterStep sent out the largest one-time shipment of equipment in the organization’s history! This was made possible thanks to our incredible donors, manufacturing team and our partners at UPS. The Louisville-based company shipped the 630 pieces of equipment at no cost to us. This is a huge breakthrough, as we used to rely almost … Read more
On Father’s Day, June 20, 2021, Lucy and Rodney Westlake summited Denali, the highest point in North America. With this accomplishment, Lucy, 17, set the world record as the youngest female to have climbed all 50 of the U.S. highpoints. It took the team 19 days to reach the top of the mountain and Lucy and … Read more
Early last year, WaterStep assisted Field Consultant, Jude Mugema, in the construction of a rain catchment system for his community in the District of Rakai, Uganda. Prior to the system being built, the women and children in the village had to walk 3.7 miles to a water source that was contaminated to retrieve water for their families … Read more
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 safe water and sanitation equipment. His first stop was to a remote area in Tanzania. WaterStep staff had been trying (unsuccessfully) to virtually train a … Read more
Lucy Westlake currently holds the world record as the youngest female to climb the highest mountain in each of the lower 48 states. She set this record at the age of 12. That alone makes her a pretty amazing young lady! In addition to mountain climbing, Lucy also has a passion for the 748,000,000 people … Read more
Our work in Kaabowa Village is just beginning. Our partners at the Rural Health Care Foundation sent us photos of their Phase One implementation, and we are encouraged and inspired by their results. Because of your support through financial giving and shoe donations, Phase One has been completed, and we have dug a new well … Read more
By now, I hope you’ve heard about our community project in Kaabowa Village, Uganda. During our work here, we will address all of the water needs of the entire community.Like we’ve outlined on our project page, the first phase of this project will focus on digging a well to provide safe water in a central … Read more
