The latest on our work and those supporting it
When There Isn’t Enough Water to Stay Clean
Life without ready access to clean water is tough for many reasons. Without water, it becomes difficult for people to keep themselves and their environments clean. This, in turn, infects people with hygiene-related diseases and hurts people’s dignity and sense of self.
What is a scoop hole?
Scoop holes are common where The Water Project works in sub-Saharan Africa, but other parts of the world will likely never have heard of one. Although you can infer a lot from the name itself, it doesn’t tell the whole story. A scoop hole is a shallow hole dug down into the ground to access […]
World Water Monitoring Day: How and Why We Monitor Our Water Points
Today, we’re celebrating World Water Monitoring Day — a perfect opportunity to acknowledge all the hard work and planning that go into keeping our water points reliably providing safe water. We currently maintain more than 2,500 water points throughout our service areas in Kenya, Sierra Leone, and Uganda, which requires a great deal of forethought […]
What We Train Community Members About in Each of Our Service Areas
Providing clean water is only part of what we do at The Water Project. The other part is spreading knowledge about proper hygiene and sanitation methods to reduce disease. Most of what we do to maintain a clean and safe environment requires water: handwashing, washing dishes, personal hygiene, etc. When water is scarce or people […]
Is Drinking Water from Refillable Bottles Safe?
How often should we really clean our reusable water bottles? And is there a difference in safety between glass, metal, and plastic bottles?
Visit to Mugai Dispensary
In every healthcare institution in the world, water is a very precious commodity. Patients frequently visit healthcare facilities daily because of different ailments, and they have to be received in a clean environment.
But at Mugai Dispensary, it is sad because the healthcare facility has no water, and it is hard for the doctors and nurses to attend to the patients who visit the dispensary every day.
How to Wash Your Hands Without Running Water: World Hand Hygiene Day 2024
As camping enthusiasts will tell you, washing your hands without running water takes some thought and practice. In honor of the upcoming World Hand Hygiene Day 2024 on May 5th, we’re showing you how handwashing is done in regions without water readily available at home. Handwashing, as you might already have learned during a certain […]
Water is a Lifeline: Empowering Health Workers in Sub-Saharan Africa
World Health Worker Week calls for policies to help essential healthcare workers feel “safe and supported.” Where The Water Project works, health workers struggle for safe water.
Cholera 2024: A Startling Rise in Entirely Preventable Deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa
The world has seen an increase in cholera cases in sub-Saharan Africa. Here’s what The Water Project does to combat cholera where we work.
How Water Scarcity Breeds Violence
Where essential resources are scarce, the likelihood of violence of any type goes up. When people get desperate, they fight with others to secure enough resources for themselves and the ones they love. Constant strife, or even constant discomfort, is bound to make anyone irritable. This concept makes sense intuitively. But it’s still shocking to […]