Current Projects
Spring Break in Kenya
Looking for something different to do during Spring Break this year? How about giving your time to serve the people in Kenya. Hand out filters, teach hygiene, dig latrines, work with feeding programs, seeing the sites of Kenya.
We are building teams for March 13-21, 2010. Cost would be $3,000 per person which would include everything. If you are interested please contact Kristine@WaterIsLife.com.
COAST 2 COAST JOURNEY for WaterIsLife.com
On August 3rd www.waterislife.com kicked off a 40 day journey from San Francisco to Maine to share the www.WaterIsLife.com story. It was exciting to share this message with thousands across the miles, inspiring others to be involved in the fight for the basic need in many countries – clean water. Providing clean water will stop preventible diseases (dysentery and diarrhea) from killing thousands of children each day.
The Coast 2 Coast team talked with so many across our nation, sharing that each one of us can help make an impact in the lives of others – no matter how small. Please contact us for more information if you would like us to visit your community to share the WaterIsLife.com mission and dream to provide lifesaving water solutions to those in need. Come join us, and be a part of something bigger than ourselves. You can learn more about the WaterIsLife.com Coast 2 Coast Journey on the Blog From the Field.
The team covered 9,605 miles visiting the following cities: San Francisco, Park City, Chicago, Detroit, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, New York City, Boston, Portland, Maine, Fredricton New Brunswick, Indianapolis, and Oklahoma City.
We would love the opportunity to present the WaterIsLife.com story to youth across the Nation. Please contact kristine@waterislife.com to find out how the WaterIsLife.com team can visit your school and inspire kids to reach out to other children around our globe.
Project Updates:
These are a few of the exciting, life changing, water solution projects which are in various stages of completion. WaterIsLife.com is creating a sustainable solution which will positively effect children’s education, health and welfare, and will drastically transform each community. Please donate to support these WaterIsLife.com projects – it’s a simple, life giving, water solution. Follow www.waterislife.com’s top three projects;
- NAIROBI, Kenya
- Mji wa Huruma (city of pity) 4,000 residents in slum area outside of Nairobi
- Distribution of water filters, provide sustainable water source
- Medical team/hygiene training - Nov 2009
- KISUMU, Kenya
- Maisha (Life) Village 2,000+ residents outside of Kisumu
- Completed distribution of water filters – November 2008
- Begin Well drilling – March 2010
- Medical team/hygiene training and well dedication – March 2010
- Chiga Village
- Distibution of water filters, provide sustainable water source - March 2010
- Provide medical team/hygiene training – TBD
FAMILY GOES WEEK WITHOUT WATER FOR WORLD WATER DAY
A family turns off their house water for one week, to save a child’s life for one year! This family of four shut off their Phoenix suburban house water for one week. They fulfilled their daily water needs by carrying water in buckets from their ‘water well’ to their home each day, a few times a day if necessary. They filled their buckets at the local well – the Verrado Village Sport and Health Club – and carried their water up Main Street to their home which is approx. one mile round trip. They chose to give up their house water as a representation of how challenging it is around the world to obtain clean water each day. Their goal was to generate awareness to help solve the global pure water crisis – all in honor of World Water Day, www.unwater.org/worldwaterday . Watch their daily experiences at www.waterislife.com
They gave up water for one week, Sunday, March 22 – Sunday, March 29, in hopes that people would recognize and acknowledge their efforts by donating a simple $10 to save a child’s life for one year. Each $10 donation purchases a water filter that hangs around a child’s neck and filters out bacteria that causes waterborne diseases, which kills 4500 children each day.
GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION UPDATE:
March 14, 2009 – www.WaterIsLife.com filters are being distributed by teams in;
Belize, India, El Salvador
Nigeria, South Africa and Swaziland
Afghanistan