Written by: Pam Platt, WaterStep Communications Specialist Numbers are important, but they tell only part of a story. For instance, at the end of every calendar year, WaterStep quantifies the number of people impacted by the safe water, sanitation, and hygiene projects the organization and its field consultants carried out among the 74 countries in … Read more
Written by: Pam Platt, WaterStep Communication Specialist In separate conversations, both Rebecca Dever and her mother, Ann, repeat those three words when asked about Mark Dever, father and husband. More than a motto, it was and is a philosophy the family lives into. Not even Mark’s sudden death in 2022 at age 60 has blunted … Read more
Founded in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1995, WaterStep is a nonprofit organization that believes everyone deserves access to safe water and that no one should die from waterborne illness. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), access to safe water is a global health crisis, with more than 2 BILLION people lacking access. This crisis is … Read more
It’s pre-dawn in Bungoma County, Kenya. Domari, a 13-year-old girl living with her grandmother, is already up and working to complete the chores she must do prior to going to school for the day. Among these tasks is a two hour walk to collect water from a spring to be used throughout the day for drinking, cooking, and bathing. The water she retrieves is … Read more
WaterStep Ambassador Raphael Wanjala recently partnered with Brother Samuel Omollo of the Passionist Priests of Kenya to complete a water project at a large complex in Karungu, Kenya. The Passionist Missionaries Complex houses a retreat center, a retirement home for Passionist Priests, a convent, and three schools run by nuns. The complex sits on the … Read more
WaterStep is excited to be working with a new organization, Global First Responders (GFR). GFR works in many of the same countries we do utilizing volunteers who are medical professionals to provide healthcare at clinics and schools as well as volunteers of all skill sets that work on sustainable projects such as building schools and … Read more
The first UN water conference to be held in 50 years kicked off on World Water Day in New York City. Three WaterStep team members, Mark Hogg, Founder & CEO, Zacharie Tossou, International Program and Development Director, and Kellie Moore, Director of Strategic Initiatives, participated in the invitation-only conference. Conference participants worked together to accelerate … Read more
Health and wellness, education and training, and empowerment (three areas of focus for WaterStep) all start with safe water. While the problem is huge, the solutions are simple. Utilizing safe water solutions and effective training, an empowered community can learn to take care of their own water for generations. Safe water is the first step … Read more
In the community of Nisungwi, in Tanzania, there are 189 children living in an orphanage established by the government and run by nuns. These children have albinism, and they are given up at birth by their families because there is a superstition in Sub-Saharan Africa that albino children are not human. They are hunted for … Read more
Last month, WaterStep was honored to be represented at the World Water Forum held in Dakar, Senegal. This was the largest conference ever held on African soil. International Development Director Zacharie Tossou and long-time friend Jerry Masembo attended the conference on WaterStep’s behalf. The theme of the conference was “water security for peace and development.” … Read more
