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MLB Players’ Tribute to Adam and Jenny Wainwright Bringing Safe Water to Haiti

Posted September 13th, 2021 by Water Mission.

Major League Baseball’s St. Louis Cardinals pitcher and Water Mission partner, Adam Wainwright, was honored last December with the 2020 Roberto Clemente Award, the league’s top honor for philanthropy. Since 2013, Adam and his wife, Jenny, have touched hundreds of thousands of lives in Africa and Latin America through the gift of safe water. A true honor for Adam Wainwright. pic.twitter.com/sWGGsu0fzY — MLB (@MLB) December 7, 2020 Inspired by Adam and Jenny’s heart for serving our global neighbors, their friends and family are honoring them by investing in a Water Mission safe water project in Haiti. The following video played on the St. Louis stadium’s scoreboard at the start of Friday’s game as ... Read More

After the Earthquake: Safe Water for Our Brothers and Sisters in Haiti

Posted August 20th, 2021 by Water Mission.

On the morning of August 14, 2021, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the southern region of Haiti. The deadly quake devastated communities and claimed more than 2,100 lives in Les Cayes, Jeremie, and the surrounding communities. The 7.2-magnitude earthquake has left many thousands of people homeless. Thanks to our faithful partners and Water Mission’s existing program in Haiti, we were well-positioned to respond to God’s call when this crisis occurred. We quickly deployed our team to assess needs and determine the best disaster response to ensure our global neighbors had access to clean, safe water. Working closely with our partners, we are: Leveraging the 40 Water Mission projects in southern Haiti to ensure the uninterrupted flow of safe water ... Read More

20 Years of Transforming Lives

Posted August 11th, 2021 by Water Mission.

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

The First Sip: Celebrating 20 Years of Safe and Living Water

Water Mission Celebrates 20 Years of Safe and Living Water

Posted August 11th, 2021 by Water Mission.

In the 20 years since Water Mission’s founding, we have served more than 7 million people around the world with lasting safe water, sanitation, and hygiene solutions. It began when founders Molly and Dr. George Greene responded in faith to the Lord’s call. In 1998, Molly and George were diligently leading General Engineering Laboratories (GEL), the environmental engineering company they had established years earlier in Charleston, South Carolina. That fall, a “thousand-year storm” decimated the country of Honduras. Hurricane Mitch unleashed torrential rains and floods that wiped away entire cities and communities, killing more than 7,000 people and leaving more than a million homeless. As news of the devastation emerged, the Greenes followed the updates closely, worried for their friends in Honduras. ... Read More

Safe Water Committees: Love, Excellence, and Integrity

Posted August 4th, 2021 by Water Mission.

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

Home from Nyarugusu

Posted August 4th, 2021 by Water Mission.

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

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