Impact Stories

On June 24, two back-to-back earthquakes struck Venezuela, impacting millions of people. Water Mission’s disaster response team deployed to Venezuela to meet safe water, sanitation, and hygiene needs.

Two years ago, a safe water project was completed in Mzogole, Tanzania. Your support has helped keep water flowing so that Pendo’s family can continue to eat healthy food and drink safe water.

Hurricane Melissa tore the roof off a small church in Whitehouse, Jamaica, and devastated nearby homes. Your support helped us restore safe water and show God’s love to the community. 

Partners like you make it possible for people around the world to have access to safe water for the first time. Read about how your support has helped get safe water flowing in communities this year.

Staring down at the petri dish covered in bacteria, disbelief set in for Jorge that his family's tap water was contaminated. Read about how safe water became a source of hope for the father of five.

When everything else in her life was unstable, safe water was a comfort to Katembo. Read about how safe water brought hope to her family in Nyarugusu Refugee Camp.

In November 2025, Cyclone Senyar devastated the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Thanks to partners like you, our Indonesia team was pre-positioned to provide safe water to those impacted.

The global water crisis impacts all aspects of family life. Friends like you helped change the narrative for families like Delti’s, improving health and breaking the cycle of poverty.

We met Gladys when she was 12 years old and walking long distances for water in Golomoti, Malawi. Three years later, she has access to safe water close to home, and it has transformed her life.

Around the world, Water Mission’s volunteers help make it possible for people to have access to safe water. Read about Cristina and Delight, two dedicated volunteers with hearts for serving.

Susana, a mother in Chuicas, Peru, had to walk far for water and watch it make her children sick. Peru Country Director Vicky Espinoza shares how safe water brought Susana peace and hope.

Rose’s arduous journey to collect unsafe water left her and her children facing difficult health challenges. Your generous support helped transform their health through access to safe water.

Thanks to Walkers and friends like you, our 20th annual Walk for Water will change lives. We walked so women and girls around the world don’t have to. 

In Mexico, Maria Luisa empowers women to advocate for safe water access, recognizing that women’s voices are essential for building sustainable solutions to the global water crisis.

Safe water transforms lives for women and girls. Read how Esther, Recho, Rewida, and Cauchona suffered from the global water crisis—and now have new hope thanks to clean, safe water. 

Pastor Amos Ngeywo from Kenya shares a special Easter message about how partnering with local churches transforms lives through safe and Living Water.

Thousands of Jamaicans received safe, clean water due to Water Mission’s emergency response after Hurricane Melissa.

Every day, young Neema walks for water far from her African town. Join a Walk for Water to bring safe, clean water to girls like her.