by charlesm | Jul 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
Water Charity with Friendly Water for the World put on a 9-day training program and conference in Gisenyi, Rwanda in January, 2017. The technology taught was the construction and maintenance of rainwater catchment systems, with a...
by charlesm | Apr 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
NPCA & WC Partnership! Last month, the NATIONAL PEACE CORPS ASSOCIATION and WATER CHARITY entered into an historic partnership. Pictured above are our COO Averill Strasser and NPCA chief Glen Blumhorst signing the partnership agreement in...
by charlesm | Jan 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
WATER CHARITY, in collaboration with the NATIONAL PEACE CORPS ASSOCIATION, announces the establishment of our TRAINING & SUPPORT INITIATIVE (TSI) “Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he eats forever.” This aphorism...
by charlesm | Sep 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
Water Charity’s co-founder and COO Averill Strasser, and Executive Director, Beverly Rouse, had the opportunity to meet with Peace Corps Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet when she was in Long Beach this week. At a presentation at Cal State University Long Beach (CSULB),...
by charlesm | Dec 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
Our Appropriate Projects initiative enables instant deployment of resources to do small but critical water and sanitation projects. Check out the right column of this page for a list of projects that have been implemented to date in 60 countries around the world....
by charlesm | Mar 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
Water Charity is pleased to have one of our projects featured on the Peace Corps YouTube Channel. Under our Appropriate Projects initiative, we undertook the Teugue-Ndogui Ecole 1 Latrine Project – Senegal. Under the leadership of Peace Corps Volunteer Lyzz Ogunwo, a...
by charlesm | Feb 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
In 2010-2011, while serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Cambodia, Darlene Grant implemented the Wat Norea Peaceful Children’s Home II Solar Pump Project – Cambodia and the Battambang Regional Teacher Training Center Water and Sanitation Project – Cambodia in...
by charlesm | Nov 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
It’s that time of year again. Hack and Slash Christmas Special is Baltimore’s most popular Christmas comedy event. This year’s show celebrates their 20th anniversary, and promises to be more entertaining than ever. The show is set in the theme of a grand movie...
by charlesm | May 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
Water Charity joins with our partner Positive H2O (+H2O) in supporting a historic kitesurfing event. A group of 5 kitesurfers, including three +H2O Ambassadors, is scheduled to leave in early June on an expedition to travel by kite the length of Mozambique’s northern...
by charlesm | May 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
Gayle Sullivan, a great friend and supporter of Water Charity, prepared this video to highlight the work that we are doing around the world. We hope you’ll enjoy it and share it with your friends.
