DID YOU KNOW THAT 443 MILLION DAYS OF SCHOOL ARE LOST EACH YEAR TO WATERBORNE ILLNESSES? OR THAT EVERY 90 SECONDS A CHILD DIES FROM A WATER-RELATED DISEASE? When our children need a glass of water, all we have to do is get up and walk the necessary steps to the sink and turn on the…

Demand was launched by ASME to challenge current and future engineers–and the experts who support them–to invent and reinvent effective and sustainable solutions that serve communities globally. They recently shared an article talking about the partnership between Healing Waters and JIBU. Healing with Water On the face of it, Jibu and Healing Waters might seem like…

The community at El Almendro has a lot of obstacles to face in daily life, but according to Merce, founder of the El Almendro, they have two good things going for them: clean water and a nursery. After taking things into her own hands and opening a water store that runs in conjunction with her school, Merce has…

This summer we have been blessed with two interns! We introduced Corinna a few weeks ago, but this week, we could not help but brag on our Engineer-to-be Alison Sunderhaft. Alison is a Texan by way of Alabama, who ended up in Colorado with Healing Waters by God’s grace. She is about to enter her senior…

We recently received a story from one of our field staff, Alex De La Cruz, about an inauguration in the Dominican Republic and we want to share it with you, because stories about projects like ‘Dajao’ (represented below) are one of the many reasons that we love our jobs! Not only was the purification plant launched, but…

This spring we have been having a ton of fun with our local Denver community as we join together to get out and give water! We are so grateful for all of the wonderful fitness instructors and participants who have come out to support the provision of clean water and health & hygiene education! For those of you who…

Over the last few months our team at Healing Waters has been updating our look and we are so excited to finally unveil one of the finishing touches: our new logo!  The creation of this logo was inspired by water table elevation maps. These maps use a line and a small upside down triangle to indicate the location of…

We are so impressed by today’s youth.  It is amazing what they will do to raise awareness for a cause!  Jennifer Wyffels’ Spanish 4 classes at Geneseo High School raised over $400 by collecting spare change from their friends at school! One of their chapters in their text book is on issues in the world…

Over the past two weeks, we have introduced you to the coolest 3rd graders we know! Jill Hodge and her 3rd grade class at Franklin Elementary in Liberty, Missouri, learned all about the Global Water Crisis and then decided to do something about it!  They raised over $200, bringing clean water for life to 8 people!…