Impact Story | Failing wells leave villagers desperate for water
There is a village called Angwa Bassa in rural Nigeria where people can become so desperate for water that they gather it from the same streams where their livestock drink […]
Lessons Learned | The daily bucket race
In Northern Kenya, communities are small and isolated. To obtain a high school diploma, students must attend boarding schools. At the schools, chores are divided among students. In 2006, Lifewater […]
Impact Story | Disabled woman thankful for rainwater harvesting/storage system
The Jajemic Self-Help Group is a women’s group in Kenya’s Nakuru County. It was started in 2012 by women who shared similar struggles and believed their support for one another […]
Lessons Learned | Grinding rock — and teeth!
During the Liberian civil war between 1995 and 2004, all Lifewater wells were drilled with the LS100 drilling rig. This lightweight unit is relatively safe for new drillers to use, […]
Lessons Learned | Stockpiling knowledge
Not all the lessons Lifewater has learned about how to operate more effectively have occurred overseas. Some have happened back home in Canada. The most painful of them stemmed from […]
Lessons Learned | You don’t roast a dog quickly
In 2010, Lifewater Canada co-founder Jim Gehrels was having an increasingly frustrating overseas trip. Time was ticking down to his return flight home, and his efforts to bring about change […]
Lessons Learned | Many COVID-19 lessons
COVID-19 taught us a variety of lessons. When the pandemic interrupted supply lines and caused fuel shortages in Haiti in 2020, we began stockpiling drums of fuel to protect ourselves […]
Lessons Learned | The disappearing pump
In parts of northern Haiti, development can be quite dense and there is very little land available on which to drill a water well. Following the devastating 2000 earthquake, there […]
Lessons Learned | Too many men!
From 1995 to 2003, all Lifewater wells in Liberia were drilled in town squares. In 2004, a well was planned for the Margibi area but local women objected when they […]
News | “Top-10 Impact Charity” for FOURTH year in a row: A blind man’s vision of safe water benefiting millions of people
Lifewater Canada – selected as a five-star and “Top-10 Impact Charity” for four years in a row Nov. 15, 2022 – When he learned in his mid 40’s he was […]