The latest on our work and those supporting it
Meet Abigail: Clean Water Equals Hope
Meet Abigail. A young girl from Kenya, now 18 years old, who had lost hope of pursuing her dreams until she had access to clean water. Abigail was only 16 years old when she joined Igunga Girl’s Secondary School. She had come from a school in the neighboring county which did not have any source […]
You Make This Possible!
Safe water empowers the Girl Child. You make it possible. Ask any girl what she would rather be doing than walking for water and she’ll share her dreams for school, a career and her contribution (beyond gathering water) to her community. Lack of access to safe water and sanitation is the primary reason girls drop […]
Fox Valley Church Walk for Water
Fox Valley Church of Christ in Wisconsin has been fundraising for The Water Project for years and has helped fund 3 water projects! They host a Walk for Water which is always a huge success! “We fundraise because we believe that all life is precious. No one can have life without water.We fund raise because […]
Help Us Raise Funds for Sierra Leone
Ebola has been a tragic reality for the people of Sierra Leone over the last year. In the middle of this, we’ve remained more committed than ever to the people of Sierra Leone through a service and support program that focuses on keeping water flowing at approximately 100 previously installed projects. We’re also providing new […]
Mobile Monitoring Training in Kenya
This is Paul, he is a Community Development worker focusing on hygiene and sanitation. He works for Bridge Water Project, one of our partnering NGOs here Kenya. He’s learned how to submit a sanitation survey through his phone. Kenya is leading the way in mobile banking and we want to help Kenya pave the way […]
Boda Boda Traveling in Kenya
The work we do at The Water Project isn’t easy, but your support does help greatly and makes a big impact. Every bit helps. We couldn’t do our jobs efficiently if it wasn’t for the boda boda drivers that take us from site to site on narrow rural roads that are impossible to pass with […]
A New Well for St Emmanuel Church
St Emmanuel Kapng’etuny Church in Kenya was getting their water from gravity piped water from Kipkaren Township Water project. The dam is located 1.5km away from the church compound. The water was turbid and wasn’t receiving any treatment before being released to the community hence, the water was only good for animals to drink and […]
New Well for the Shipala Community
Shipala Community in Kenya is comprised of small scale farmers and most of their activities depend on water. To fetch water, community members would walk a half mile each way to a protected stream. However, the stream was seasonal and during the dry season, you’d have to wake up early for the chance of water. People in […]
We Know Water is Flowing Here
Remote water-point monitoring is becoming a reality. Our monthly donors are making it happen. The L’Wanda K Secondary school, pictured above, is home to nearly 200 students. And as you know, daily access to safe water is essential to their education, good health and hopeful futures. But we really can’t fully celebrate the benefits of […]
A visit with the Kee Self Help Group
Our Water Programs Director, Crissie Ferrara, is in Kenya this week visiting a number of our partners and implementing teams. For the past few days, she’s been spending time with Africa Sand Dam Foundation (ASDF), visiting some of our recently completed water projects to see the kinds of progress these innovative solutions make possible.
