The latest on our work and those supporting it
Carbon for Water? Now how does that work?
Vestergaard Frandsen are a Swiss company involved in the research, development, manufacture and distribution of humanitarian products. They are the guys behind the Permanet mosquito net. On their website they talk of ‘profit for a purpose’. Right now, in Western Province, Kenya they are rolling out a water filtration program intended to cover 90% of […]
Young. Creative. Inspiring.
What do you think … is four-years-old too young to make a difference for someone living without reliable access to clean water? If you think so, then we’d have to say … think again! Silver, who lives in Utah, is making a difference – one ‘facebadge’ at a time. His Dad, Justin, tells us that […]
Delays In Sierra Leone Due to Severe Drought
By now, you may be wondering… “What’s going on with the water project I funded in Sierra Leone?” It’s been a number of months since your donation was made. And at that time, we let you know a project was soon to be getting underway in Sierra Leone. As you may have noticed, some of […]
Helping Others Locally and Globally
Spring 2011 is just beginning to take hold in many parts of the US, pushing cold and wet away, and bringing flowers and green grass. With it, spring brings encouragement and hope of things new. In the last week we’ve heard about two families that are bringing hope and encouragement, like spring, to more than […]
One Person’s Loss is Another’s Gain
We got a great email a few weeks ago from Stephen Lasky, Vice President of Business Planning and Analysis at Sephora. Stephen had undertaken a huge goal that would result in better health for himself and provide an inspiration to Sephora employees. Being the ‘others’ minded person that Stephen is, he wanted to tie that […]
Sand dams and other miracles
In some areas of Kenya – like where I live in Coast Province, finding clean water is almost impossible. With little rain and salty groundwater, people travel for miles with jerry cans to find fresh springs or river beds where they can dig for water. For us, the question is often not “Do we want […]
Addressing urban WASH issues in Informal Urban Settlements
Yesterday I visited an Informal Urban Settlement in Mombasa, in an area called Likoni. Informal Urban Settlements, or slums, are areas characterised by poor housing and squalor, where the population lack official land tenure rights. Globally, more than 1 billion people live in slums, a figure that is rising all the time as people move […]
TWP link up with Hydraid and US Navy to get Bio Sand Filters to Uganda
Over the past few months there has been an interesting collaboration happening involving The Water Project, The US Navy and Hydraid (www.hydraid.com), all in the interest of aiding communities in Africa as they try to rise up from poverty and ill health. So what’s been going on? Well…..
Northwest Girlchoir Sings for Water with Beautiful Results
For 38 years, the Northwest Girlchoir (http://www.northwestgirlchoir.org/) has championed extraordinary music education and performance opportunities for girls and young women. This month, in honor of World Water Day 2011, the choral organization championed something else … clean water. From concerts performed in two locations in the Seattle, Washington area, the choir’s Artistic Director, Sara Boos, […]
Are Water User Associations working?
I recently had a meeting with a local NGO here in Coast Province called Community Link International. They are a small and embryonic team, primarily made up of Margaret and Musyoka, with a couple of part time field staff. They’ve been registered as an NGO for about a year, but can collectively draw upon a […]
