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2020 Snapshot: Serving 1.6 Million People Around the World Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

Posted January 20th, 2021 by Water Mission.

2020 opened with the start of the global COVID-19 pandemic—introducing even more urgent needs for safe water and fresh challenges to providing that access. Yet with your support and prayers, Water Mission was able to serve more people in this difficult year than ever before. Together, we delivered safe water, sanitation, and hygiene solutions to over 1.6 million people around the world. While we quickly developed new protocols and specific solutions to meet COVID-related needs, we also accelerated our ongoing work in rural communities, crowded refugee settings, and in response to natural disasters. Our 400 staff members, based at our U.S. headquarters and in nine permanent country ... Read More

The Journey to Recovery Following Hurricanes Eta and Iota

Posted December 22nd, 2020 by Water Mission.

In early November, Hurricane Eta left a path of devastation throughout Honduras, causing extensive flooding and damage and forcing entire communities to evacuate to emergency shelters. Two weeks later, Hurricane Iota took a similar path through Central America, impacting many of the same communities that experienced significant damage. In Honduras alone, these back-to-back storms affected more than 3 million people, displacing nearly 180,000 from their homes. After any natural disaster, safe water is the number one need. Water Mission’s Honduras team immediately began trucking in water from the country office in Tocoa, to emergency shelters and impacted communities. It has now been weeks since the storms hit the country, but Water Mission continues to respond ... Read More

Water Brings Unity After Tragedy, Andi’s Story

Posted December 15th, 2020 by Water Mission.

The people of Palu, Indonesia—a city of over 300,000 people—suffered twin tragedies when a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the region and triggered a dangerous tsunami. More than 2,000 lives were lost, over 200,000 people were displaced, and nearly 70,000 homes were destroyed on that fateful day in September 2018. With an established country program in Indonesia, Water Mission was one of the few organizations invited to participate in the local disaster response. We mobilized within hours, shipping more than 1 million P&G Purifier of Water packets and 20 Living Water Treatment Systems to immediately serve those affected. The packets could provide emergency water treatment for up to ... Read More

Full of Life: Safe Water Saves Boy in Mexico

Posted December 9th, 2020 by Water Mission.

Before Josué was born, his mother, Sandy, and father, Suami, came to La Concordia, Mexico to make a better life for themselves and their family. But it’s hard to succeed when the water you drink makes you sick. “My children got sick many times with waterborne illness and vomiting,” said Sandy. “Four times, I took my children to the hospital because I thought they were going to die. The doctor said Josué and his brothers might have died if I had taken them two hours later.” Sandy also said that as a mother, she is overjoyed to no longer be worried about ... Read More

Students and Teachers in Tanzania Now with Access to Safe Water for Handwashing Amid COVID-19

Posted December 7th, 2020 by Acadia Munari.

Life without water. A thought so unimaginable that when you realize communities lack access to clean, safe water for handwashing—even amid COVID-19—it makes you stop in your tracks. How can this be? A resource so readily available to so many is still out of reach for nearly one-third of the world’s population. It’s a statistic that Water Mission and so many other organizations are dedicated to ending, including our new partner Azimuth World Foundation. Water Mission’s Partnership with Azimuth World Foundation Two students at Kiganamo Primary School wash their hands while using a handwashing station funded by Azimuth World Foundation. In March, our team embarked on a mission to ensure people around the world have access to handwashing supplies amid COVID-19. We recently completed the installation of 30 handwashing stations at 15 primary schools in Kasulu, Tanzania. ... Read More

On World Toilet Day, Pentair, Kohler, and Water Mission Partner for Safe Sanitation

Posted November 18th, 2020 by Water Mission.

Throughout 2020, Water Mission has highlighted the urgent need for safe water in the fight against a global pandemic and following natural disasters. In such emergencies, safe water becomes a scarce but desperately needed resource in sustaining life and preventing the spread of diseases. Today, on World Toilet Day, Water Mission would like to call attention to more than 4.2 billion people who live without access to safe sanitation. This equates to over half of the global population. Each year, November 19 is designated by the United Nations (UN) as World Toilet Day, a day designated to raise awareness of the 4.2 billion ... Read More

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