The latest on our work and those supporting it
What Life is Like When Water is Scarce: A Personal Story of Water Rationing
Water rationing in urban Kenya affects daily life and health. Olivia shares her story—and her hope—for communities still waiting for safe, reliable water.
What makes a water project sustainable?
Learn what makes a water system—not just a project—sustainable, and how The Water Project ensures lasting safe water access in vulnerable communities.
What Would John Snow Do? (No, Not That Jon Snow)
Discover how a 19th-century doctor helped shape modern water safety—and how The Water Project carries his legacy forward to fight today’s global water crisis.
Do The Water Project’s Wells Deplete Groundwater Reserves?
When you picture water being drawn up through a borehole well, it seems like draining a limited supply. It’s no wonder we receive this question from time to time.
Adapting Through Data: How We Combat Seasonal Dryness in Kenya
Sometimes, our team identifies trends that spur us into action — like specific types of water points going dry during certain months.
The Global Water Crisis, Explained Through Four Stories
If you’ve never had to consider where your water comes from, you’re not alone. But across the world, water is a daily struggle. Meet four people living in a water crisis.
Water Conservation: How Everyone Can Fight the Water Crisis
If you’re not hearing about water shortages and your tap still gives water, you might assume there’s nothing to worry about. But that assumption is often misguided.
The Journey of a Water Project
Over the nearly twenty years The Water Project (TWP) has been providing reliable water access to communities in need, we have just about perfected our project implementation process. Because we receive so many questions about the process, we’ve put together a comprehensive project timeline. The Planning Phase We piloted our current process in Western Kenya, […]
Safe vs. Clean Water: Understanding the Difference
At The Water Project, we often get questions about what “safe” water actually means. After all, people sometimes think they can tell whether water is good for drinking just by looking at it. But the complicated truth is that the contaminants we need to worry about drinking are, in most cases, invisible to the naked […]
Human Rights Day Through the Lens of Water Access
Human Rights Day, celebrated on December 10, honors the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. What role does water play in human rights?