Guest blog written by Mark A. Middleton, PWW volunteer Water is life – and life on earth is linked to water. Our existence is dependent on water, or the lack of it, in many ways, and one could say that our whole civilization is built on the use of water. And while humans really began Continue reading
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Waiting Patiently: Italian Student Contemplates Clean Water
Hi! My name is Lorenzo Platt, I’m seventeen years old, I live in Florence in Italy, and I’ve been interested in water issues for a couple of years now. My interest towards water issues began when my family and I went on a vacation to Kenya in 2017. While there, we went to visit an Continue reading
Junco Hill Press: Youth Changing Lives
Guest blog contributed by Zachary and Caroline Weller Hi, my name is Zachary Weller and I am 14 years old and my sister Caroline is 11. We are the editors of the Junco Hill Press. The Junco Hill Press is our homeschool newspaper that we have written for the past 8 years. We put out Continue reading
PWW Trip Volunteer Spotlight: Angela Grant
In a typical year, PWW is able to offer multiple volunteer service trips, enabling people to join our teams in Honduras and Haiti and take part in delivering life-changing safe water and sanitation programs to families living in rural, underserved communities. These weeklong trips provide ample opportunity for volunteers to learn more about PWW’s work Continue reading
Spin on Fundraising…
With a pandemic changing plans and canceling events for people around the world, PWW supporters asked how they could still be involved. We quickly transitioned the 2020 Ride for Safe Water event, planned for June, to the 2020 Virtual Ride for Safe Water…and, it’s a testament that pandemics can’t stop good from happening! PWW’s Ride Continue reading
“A Glimpse of Water’s Undercurrent”
Guest blogger, Carsten Pran, is a Robertson Scholar with dual-enrollment at Duke University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is pursuing a major he designed called “Integrative Water Studies”, which combines multiple fields of study to better understand global water justice and equity. In 2016, he traveled to Trojes, Honduras with PWW Continue reading
Three Days of Discomfort
– Guest written by Brooke Ramos, student, Canada – Dedicated to Brahim Lebbar, Natalia Tovilla Batiz, Eduarda Fernandez, and Calvin Devries When faced with months and months of potential quarantine, it is easy to fall into a pit of apathy. This apathy stretches into all areas of life, from fitness to friendships, it saps all Continue reading
Superstar for a day!
Written by Tracy Adams, Office & Donor Relations Manager, Pure Water for the World In October, I had the opportunity to take my first trip to Honduras with Pure Water for the World. During the week-long trip, the group of 18 volunteers installed filters, helped finish construction on latrines, visited a community to host a Continue reading
PWW Intern and Scholarship Recipient Reflects on Experience
This summer, the Carolyn Crowley Meub Women Empowerment Scholarship was created in honor of PWW’s recently retired Executive Director of 17 years. This scholarship will be awarded annually to a student looking to make a difference in the lives of girls and women in developing countries. At PWW’s 20th birthday celebration, earlier this month, the first recipient Continue reading
Students raise funds to bring clean water to Haitian people
Story courtesy of School News Network, Grand Rapids, MI. Shared with permission. Students in Michigan raise over $6,000 to bring clean water to Haitian people. Read inspiring story.