Even before I started at Healing Waters, World Water Day was such a unique concept to me. On one particular day, millions of people around the world join with members of their own community to draw attention to, ask questions about, and celebrate a really simple thing: water. Upon joining the team at Healing Waters,…
The most important message I can share with anyone about our work, and the one that we cannot come back to often enough, is not what we do or how we do it, but why we do it. Here’s what I have adopted as my mantra – and every time I read it or say…
What can you do with one billion liters of clean, safe water? That’s how many liters you, the supporters, donors, volunteers and partners of Healing Waters International have helped deliver in the first 15 years of the life of this organization! On February 15 we are celebrating our 15th birthday and it’s all thanks to…
When I have the opportunity to travel to the field, I get excited about seeing new installations and meeting with people who will receive safe water for the first time in their community. On my most recent trip, I was caught up in the anticipation as we set up for the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the inauguration of…
I’m so excited to join the HWI team! It’s been a strange, windy road getting here but the team and my role feel like a perfect fit. Allow me to introduce myself and how I got here: New Program Manager at Healing Waters International I have been passionate about international development and poverty alleviation since high…
“Eat, drink, and be merry.” When our development and marketing team suggested this as the theme for our year-end letter, at first I thought it sounded a tad too trite. But, the more I hear it, the more I see a deeper meaning and compelling vision. Like most of you, I relish Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners with…
The Eglise de Dieu en Christ de la nouvelle Alliance church of 400 people located in Tabarre, Haiti has been providing clean water to its community for almost three years now. We sat down with Wilner Sejousana, the water store operator, and Nadine Louis Pierre Saby, to hear from them about how safe water is…
We had the privilege of being accompanied by our good friend D’Anne Maddox, Director of Marketing at 1040.com, on a recent trip to visit sites in Guatemala. 1040 has blown us away with their kindness and generosity and if you ever have the chance to meet D’Anne, you will immediately understand that their company is made…
Who cares if young girls are being sold by their parents and violently trafficked by evil captors? Who cares if millions of political refugees are suffering and dying in overcrowded, unsanitary tent camps? Who cares about helpless children who have no voice to cry out for own their life? Who cares that children under 5 are dying of…