The latest on our work and those supporting it
It’s World Water Day!
Today is all about community… World Water Day is a chance for us to cheer about our community (you!) and most importantly the communities we serve in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan and most recently Burkina Faso. Water is something we all share. It’s a community resource. Making sure we all have access […]
Time to Celebrate?
The WHO and Unicef Declares the U.N. MDG goal for access to water has been met. We discuss the report and what is left to accomplish.
Boy, Do We Have a Great Date for You!
Been thinking about doing something for the first time, or even a second or third time, to help bring clean water to those in need? Boy, do we have a great date for you! Grab a pen, your iPhone, your family calendar, or your church bulletin; and mark down Thursday, March 22nd. This day is […]
Chats with Jack – Monthly Calls with Colleges and Universities
In the late autumn of 2011 we started meeting via Webex each month with students from colleges and universities all over the country. Our goal? To connect them to other like-minded peers and leaders who are interested in being a part of the solution to the economic water crisis that keeps millions without access to […]
The Ripple Effect Celebrity Benefit
This past Saturday, December 10th, Kat Graham and Ian Somerhalder hosted “The Ripple Event” in Los Angeles to benefit The Water Project.
Muffin Mondays – Turning Treats into Taps
Libby and her Mom Meg have something in common. They love to bake. In fact, they even have their own web site where folks in the Hamilton, Ohio area can order freshly baked muffins and cupcakes to be delivered to your door. Check them out here:http://flourpowertreats.weebly.com/index.html But what makes Libby so cool is that she […]
Smiles are only the beginning
The most amazing this about this photograph is that it doesn’t even begin to tell the story of what will happen in this place. Yet, so often, we get caught up in images like these. Don’t get me wrong, there is every reason to. The first drops of clean, safe water for a school bring […]
Make Something, Learn Something, Love People
“Every day we make something, we learn something, and we try to love people.” That’s the goal, every day, for the Lowe family from Abilene, Texas. We met Matt, Amy and their two children, Liam and Mary when they called recently about starting a fundraising page so that Liam, pictured here with Dad, could love people by […]
Southwest Chicago Christian School Raises $26,000
Faith in Action Overflows to Four Communities Students at Southwest Chicago Christian School in Tinley Park, Illinois have been learning about the lack of clean water available to people throughout the world. As Principal Terry Huizenga wrote, “After hearing that one out of every six people in the world do not have access to clean […]
Changamwe urban sanitation project taking shape!
I’ve been spending quite a lot of time with a men’s support group in Changamwe recently, an informal urban settlement on the main Nairobi road out of Mombasa. They have developed a proposal for a sanitation block in their community, involving three or four flush toilets and a shower. The idea is that people will […]
