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Contraptions called tip taps, which provide clean water for handwashing, are simple to build with easy-to-find materials. Try making one with your family!
From the Field

How’d they do that: Make a tip tap for handwashing

  • Clean Water Stories
A Seattle software programmer found herself on a collision course with one of the millions of Syrian families caught in the crossfire of Syria's civil war.
Change Makers

From Syria to Seattle: When worlds collide

  • Refugee Crisis
  • SyriaUnited States
In this podcast, hear about a trip with members of Foster the People and MTV's 'Scream' to see the moment when water arrived in a Ugandan community.
Voices

Podcast with members of Foster the People, MTV’s ‘Scream’

  • Clean Water Stories
  • Uganda
In 2015, 760 mothers-to-be died every day. What happens when a mother dies? In poorer parts of the world, a mother's death can be devastating to her family.
Voices

When a mother dies

  • Blog
  • Indonesia
Real faces of the global water crisis: 663 million people don't have clean water. It's time to start putting real faces to this number, and one by one we can bring water to children worldwide.
Voices

Seeing the real faces of the global water crisis

  • Blog
Nivesh is a girl whose dreams were dying before they ever had a chance. But today the promise of clean water is giving new life to her dreams!
Voices

Nivesh begins to dream of water and beyond

  • Blog
  • Zambia
Everlyn's in school, her mother's garden is thriving, and her family's faith is stronger. Child sponsorship and clean water have made all the difference.
From the Field

Blessings overflow: Clean water makes Everlyn’s future bright

  • Clean Water Stories
  • Zambia
Cross photo for Lent.
Voices

What to do for Lent: Love others

  • Christian Faith Stories
Though she fears being abducted and killed, 11-year-old Nivesh fetches water from a stream in southern Zambia three times a day to keep her family alive.
From the Field

Despite fear, Nivesh walks for water

  • Clean Water Stories
  • Zambia
Ruth now has time to go back to school and work toward her dream of becoming a nurse.
From the Field

A father’s painful choice: Ruth walks a dangerous trek for water

  • Clean Water Stories
  • Zambia
Dorcas, 9, carried dirty water home four times a day from a pond where animals drank, and sometimes died. Everything changed when World Vision dug a well. Now she has clean water.
From the Field

Dorcas no longer drinks water from the dead-dog pond

  • Clean Water Stories
  • Zambia
Inspired by the National Prayer Breakfast, Rich Stearns reflects on how we can pray for our country’s leaders, churches, and people to reflect the character of God.
Voices

Praying God’s blessings for a compassionate country

  • Christian Faith Stories
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