Each year on March 22nd, the world pauses to reflect on the global water crisis. Started in 1993 by the United Nations, World Water Day celebrates water and raises awareness of the 2.2 billion people worldwide who live without access to safe drinking water. Women and children around the world are tasked with getting water … 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
WaterStep Field Consultant, Humphrey Muchuma, has been busy distributing equipment from the large shipment that arrived in East Africa last month. Recently, he was able to bless the Nangina Girls High School in Buscia County, Kenya with an M-100 ChlorineGenerator and two BleachMakers. The M-100 can make up to 10,000 gallons of water safe to … 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
Like many, WaterStep’s holiday gatherings have warmed the heart and rekindled memories and appreciation for family, friends and colleagues. You feel special being a part of such a group. Our group has ambassadors and champions implementing sustainable water and sanitation programs in various communities. Alongside them, there are students hosting shoe drives, board members, volunteers, … Read more
WaterStep was blessed to be a stop on Haiti’s Musical Ambassadors Les Petits Chanteurs US tour. They joined us for lunch and then learned about who we are and why we do what we do. We shared with them about our work in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake and the hand pump repair work we … Read more
Every Tuesday morning, Dr. Joe Jacobi can be found in WaterStep’s manufacturing department preparing for his team of volunteers and the work they will be doing that day. This group of men and women, led by Dr. Joe, build all of our M-100 ChlorineGenerators and BleachMakers in house using an assembly line process. Dr. Joe … 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
WaterStep is excited to introduce our four new Ambassadors for 2019! These gentlemen were selected through a competitive process from a pool of several qualified applicants. Over the next 12 months, they will be working to create connections that expand WaterStep’s impact. Some of the projects will include collaborating with each other and WaterStep’s leadership … Read more
