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A Teacher Explains the Importance of Water

June 30, 2022

Jean is a teacher. “I like teaching! I was always excited to be a teacher,” he shares, his passion evident. Jean began his career in Kigali, spending several years teaching…

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A Business in Bathrooms

June 6, 2022

It’s easy to take bathrooms for granted. But nearly 1 in 2 people in the world don’t have access to a decent toilet. Without bathrooms, families lack dignity and risk…

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Two women standing looking at the mountainside

It’s About Transforming Communities

May 18, 2022

“We had two springs we used for water, but they have dried up. The mayor brought water in a cistern once a week, but it was not enough. To wash clothes, we went to the river, but it was far away.”

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Water For People Joins the Coalition for Racial & Ethnic Equity in Develpment

February 25, 2022

DENVER, February 25, 2022 — Water For People is pleased to join the Coalition for Racial & Ethnic Equity in Development (CREED) and sign the Pledge for Racial & Ethnic Equity (REE).

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We LOVE Volunteers!

May 17, 2021

Across North America, volunteers support Water For People’s mission through community outreach, advocacy, and fundraising.

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Celebrating Hygiene

January 28, 2021

Everyone at this primary school in West Bengal, India knows that a successful student is a healthy student.

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Cambiando Vidas En La Pandemia

April 30, 2020

Así es cómo puede cambiar vidas en la pandemia.

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A grilled cheese sandwich

Feel Good While Ending
the Water Crisis

January 24, 2020

Grilled cheese sandwiches are helping bring water to people around the world. FeelGood is a social enterprise at universities throughout North America that sells grilled cheese sandwiches and donates its…

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Water Gives Dreams

October 3, 2019

When water arrived at Binaga School in the remote countryside of Rwanda, it gave students the future. It provided the foundation for them to dream.

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Water
Gives
Education

October 3, 2019

When communities don’t have access to water, children have to spend hours every day fetching water. In many cases this causes them to miss school and miss out on an education that could enable them to have a better future.

This is not the case for the kids in Kisaro Sector in rural Rwanda.

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