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Photographing Global Humanitarian Crises with Faith, Love, Excellence, and Integrity

Posted March 31st, 2020 by Cinelle Barnes.

An Interview with Photographer Gary Chapman Author and Water Mission writer and copy editor, Cinelle Barnes, recently spoke with humanitarian photographer, Gary S. Chapman, on what it means to photograph global crises such as the coronavirus and the global water crisis. Gary recently returned from India where he was photographing doctors and nurses on the frontlines of the COVID-19 crisis. He has been on assignment in 75 countries for clients such as TOMS Shoes, Delta, World Vision, National Geographic publications, National Geographic TV, and Atlanta Mission. Here, he talks about how he started in the field, the role photography plays during ... Read More

Virtual Walk for Water: Distanced but Determined to Bring Safe Water to All

Posted March 26th, 2020 by Water Mission.

On March 21, individuals and families across Charleston took hundreds of thousands of steps during the virtual Walk for Water so that people around the world, mostly women and children, don’t have to walk miles for water. Amid COVID-19 and the need for social distancing, our annual Walk for Water took place as a virtual event, calling on participants to walk in their neighborhoods – at a safe distance from others. They walked in solidarity with the 2,100,000,000 people around the world who do not have access to safe water. Using the hashtag #2020VirtualWalkCHS, folks who stepped up to the challenge posted their photos on social media to create awareness and invite others into the mission! chevron-right chevron-left Screen ... Read More

Amid COVID-19, Doctors and Nurses Need Clean, Safe Water

Posted March 17th, 2020 by Cinelle Barnes.

Originally published in WASH in Healthcare Facilities, a publication by the World Health Organization and UNICEF, on March 28, 2019. The article has been edited to address health and safety concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2014, amid the Ebola outbreak, doctors and nurses did not have reliable, accessible safe water in places like Liberia. The same is true now for medical professionals in developing countries. Many of them are caring for the sick in under-resourced and overrun healthcare facilities amid an unprecedented health crisis. In areas reported to be affected by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), doctors and nurses lack reliable, accessible safe water. To aid them in ... Read More

Count the Cost: 6 Effects of the Global Water Crisis

Posted March 6th, 2020 by Water Mission.

From high infant and mother mortality rates to inflated household expenses, the effects of the global water crisis are costly and far-reaching. Across the world, 2,100,000,000 people bear the physical, financial, social, and emotional costs of the lack of access to clean, safe water: 1 – The global water crisis costs lives. One person dies every 37 seconds from a water-related illness. This includes the 297,000 children under five who die annually from diseases caused by unsafe water or poor sanitation and hygiene practices. 2 – The global water crisis costs money. Without a local safe water solution, residents in Guadalupe Victoria, Mexico, ... Read More

2019 At A Glance: 600,000 People Received Safe Water, 4,700 Walked for Water, and More

Posted December 26th, 2019 by Water Mission.

If you prayed, volunteered your time, gave a gift, or supported Water Mission in other ways throughout the past year, then you helped us serve more than 600,000 people with safe water, sanitation, and hygiene solutions in 2019. Together, we were the hands and feet of Christ. We… completed safe water projects in 182 communities and 20 countries, provided desperately needed safe water to survivors of natural disasters, traveled to rural areas around the world to install sustainable safe water and sanitation systems, and helped refugees fleeing violence and persecution. We are so grateful for God’s blessings and your support this year. Before we turn the page on 2019, ... Read More

More than Just a Toilet: Fusing Innovation & Partnerships for a Better World 

Posted November 19th, 2019 by Water Mission.

Today, on World Toilet Day, we celebrate the advancements and alliances that help bring basic sanitation to thousands of people around the world. The sanitation solutions that we install and implement are only possible through our partnerships with innovators such as Pentair and KOHLER. Below is an article that appears on KOHLER’s blog – a summary of how the KOHLER Pour Flush Toilet is changing lives in Honduras and Ghana. By providing access to private latrines, we’ve helped to decrease open defecation rates and give women and girls a safe, discreet place for their sanitation and hygiene needs. Poverty-stricken ... Read More

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Photographing Global Humanitarian Crises with Faith, Love, Excellence, and Integrity

Virtual Walk for Water: Distanced but Determined to Bring Safe Water to All

Amid COVID-19, Doctors and Nurses Need Clean, Safe Water

Count the Cost: 6 Effects of the Global Water Crisis

2019 At A Glance: 600,000 People Received Safe Water, 4,700 Walked for Water, and More

More than Just a Toilet: Fusing Innovation & Partnerships for a Better World

More than Just a Toilet: Fusing Innovation & Partnerships for a Better World 