Since 2001, supporters like you have helped Water Mission serve more than 7 million people across 57 countries with lasting safe water, sanitation, and hygiene solutions. More importantly, the Living Water message has brought hope and transformed lives around the world. The following timeline highlights key milestones of the Water Mission story you have helped make possible. Read More
Amor, excelencia, integridad. These three words—love, excellence, integrity—are painted on each family’s Healthy Latrine in the rural community of Santa Elena, Peru. These are Water Mission’s core values, the principles that underlie all our efforts. In 2016, Water Mission implemented a safe water system in Santa Elena, followed by the installation of nearly 120 Healthy Latrines in 2017 and 175 more this year. This work would not have been possible without our partners’ generosity. One partner, Rotary International, has collaborated on over 70% of Water Mission’s projects in Peru. Another, Kohler, is a long-time partner of Water Mission and donated all the pour-flush toilets used in Santa Elena’s ... Read More
Prior to 2015, Western Tanzania’s Nyarugusu refugee camp was home to approximately 65,000 refugees from Democratic Republic of the Congo. The original water systems, installed decades prior, only offered intermittent access to treated water. Then, between the spring and fall of 2015, more than 100,000 refugees arrived after escaping violence in Burundi. This influx put an incredible strain on the aging infrastructure, and safe water was the greatest need. A humanitarian nightmare unfolded, prompting Water Mission to deploy 10 emergency water treatment systems in September 2015. These systems met the daily safe water needs of an estimated 50,000 refugees. Emergency Living Water Treatment Systems installed in 2015 at the Nyarugusu refugee camp, Tanzania. A year into the emergency relief operation, we received a grant from the Grundfos Foundation to install ... Read More
As Hurricane Dorian hovered over the Bahamas, its 185 mph winds churned up seawater and created a 20-foot storm surge that contaminated wells and freshwater sources. Though surrounded by ocean, much of the nation was without a source of safe water. Hurricane Dorian, one of the largest Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes on record, left more than 70,000 people homeless. With the help of partners like you, Water Mission responded immediately in the wake of this disaster. We installed four reverse osmosis (RO) systems to meet the urgent need for safe water. Designed by Water Mission partner, Parker Hannifin, these systems use a specialized water purification process to filter saltwater before it ... Read More
Former NFL tight end and Super Bowl XXXIX champion, Benjamin Watson is a dedicated supporter of Water Mission. Benjamin and his wife, Kirsten, began partnering with Water Mission several years ago when they supported a large-scale project providing safe water access to multiple communities in Kenya. “I cannot express the joy we witnessed on so many faces as we watched…safe water flowing where it previously had not,” Benjamin shared in a later Facebook post. “Water builds hope!” Benjamin is also a passionate advocate for Water Mission’s work on his social media channels, encouraging his followers to learn about the global water crisis and support Water Mission’s solutions. In ... Read More
In 1998, George and Molly Greene delivered their first safe water systems to Honduras after Hurricane Mitch. Since then, we have been grateful to participate in the United States Department of Defense’s (DOD) Denton Cargo Program. Safe water equipment and supplies are flown from Charleston Joint Air Force Base to Soto Cano Air Base in a United States Air Force C-17 cargo plane. Photo courtesy of Department of Defense. Through this initiative, the DOD transports Water Mission equipment and other humanitarian cargo to communities hit by natural disasters. This past fall, several flights brought our safe water systems to Honduras in the aftermath of Hurricanes Eta and Iota. The back-to-back category 4 hurricanes affected more than 3 ... Read More
