We are excited to announce that WaterStep is the winner of the 2020 Theodore Roosevelt Government Leadership Award for our patented Water On Wheels (WOW) Cart and partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency! The Teddy Award in this category recognizes significant, lasting achievements by the government’s NGO and private sector partners in helping federal … Read more
WaterStep is privileged to share a guest blog post by Kashoro Nyenyezi, originally published by Medical Missions. In this post she shares the experience her husband, Jean Claude, had traveling through DRCongo last fall training and educating communities on how to prevent the spread of Ebola. Dr Jean Claude of Helping Hand for Survivors’(HHS) traveled … Read more
Approximately 115 people in Africa die every hour from diseases connected to poor sanitation, poor hygiene and contaminated water. Two international WaterStep partners, Paul Owino and Humphrey Muchuma, are currently working on life-saving projects in Kenya to combat this statistic. This summer, intern Mercy Kazaya helped WaterStep create a business development kit to provide entrepreneurs … Read more
Most 14-year-olds spend their fall break relaxing and hanging out with friends, but Valentina Moreno decided to spend hers by helping others have access to safe water. The eighth-grader at Sacred Heart Model School traveled to her parents’ native country of Colombia to install a WaterStep M-100 Chlorine Generator in a rural community near Susa, … Read more
Contaminated river water used to be the main water source for nearly 600 people in Loja, Ecuador, but now these residents have access to clean water in the convenience of their own homes. The Quinara River weaves through the mountains around Loja. Many residents must traverse the rugged terrain access contaminated drinking water from the … Read more
It was a simple greeting from a six-year-old in a McDonald’s that led to a heartwarming sense of community in the town of Atkinson, North Carolina. On September 23, a five-person team from WaterStep set out on a relief mission to North Carolina in response to Hurricane Florence’s devastation. Making the mission possible was a … Read more
Today marks the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria, the category 5 hurricane that devastated Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017. WaterStep responded to the disaster by providing water purification systems and training in 22 hard-hit and remote municipalities. One year later, WaterStep is still working to provide safe water to those displaced. There are … Read more
Ecuador’s 2016 earthquake killed over 600 people and severely injured thousands, leaving many of its citizens without basic necessities such as food, shelter and water. WaterStep responded to this disaster not only to help the country recover, but to help develop as well. An overview of downtown Quito, Ecuador. The city sits at 3,000 meters … Read more
Those connected by water form powerful currents that can make a difference. WaterStep rode the wave of this current by attending the 10thNational Forum for Water Resources on July 5-6 in Quito, Ecuador. An interactive booth not only demonstrated WaterStep technology, but, provided safe water to the conference’s attendees. This biannual event brings together water … Read more
Would you care to dance with the dead? WaterStep employee Jordan Maiden was recently invited to witness and photograph an ancient ritual while in Malawi Gule Wamkulu, meaning “The Great Dance” is an ancient practice of the Chewa people in, Malawi. The dance traces back to at least 300 A.D. as a way for the … Read more
