2017 Annual Report 3 It’S Been a Busy Year
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ANNUAL REPORT UGANDA KENYA | Safe water flows in the community of Enariboo. Dear Friends, It is my honor to thank you Last year we completed the a pipeline that was more than for your continued support most technically complex 11 kilometers (7 miles) long and “ ...we are now and for your engagement with project in Water Mission traversed an elevation change Water Mission. With your history in the remote Maasai of more than 1,000 feet. recognized help and by God’s grace, we village of Enariboo, Kenya. In a remote area in western provided safe water and hope After an unsuccessful attempt Tanzania, a five-day drive from as THE to more than 384,000 people to drill a 1,000-foot well in the the capital city, we began around the world in 2017. Last village, we found a reliable constructinglarge solar- experts in year was a year of dynamic source of water. However, powered water treatment growth for Water Mission. I’ve it was far removed from systems to provide safe solar-powered summarized examples of just a Enariboo, and it belonged to a water for over 250,000 pumping and few projects that will give you neighboring community that people living in three refugee a good idea of the incredible was initially unwilling to share settlements. Thanks to this water treatment doors the Lord opened for us it. We navigated the complex project and similar projects in to transform people’s lives cultural issues, installed a water refugee settlements located in solutions.” with safe water and the good treatment system near the northern Uganda, we are now news of the Gospel. water source, and constructed recognized as THE experts in George C. Greene III Founder, CEO 2 9K PEOPLE PROVIDED WITH HEALTHY LATRINES LIBERIA HONDURAS HAITI IN 2017 384K PEOPLE PROVIDED WITH SAFE WATER IN 2017 MALAWI UGANDA PERU 180K REFUGEES SERVED SAFE WATER THROUGHOUT TANZANIA MEXICO 2017 INDONESIA solar-powered pumping and partnerships are now forming This work has also opened the thousands of people whose water treatment solutions. with other organizations door for us to work with the lives were transformed by our In 2017, Water Mission eager to incorporate our EPA to develop a means to safe water projects, I want you participated in theStockholm technologies into their allow organizations like Water to know that you are deeply International Water Institute projects. Mission to deploy emergency appreciated. (SIWI) World Water Week On September 20, 2017, water treatment equipment in Conference, the premier event Hurricane Maria devastated the United States in the wake of a natural disaster. Our work Thank you and for water professionals to Puerto Rico, opening the may God bless you, exchange ideas and technology door for us to come alongside in Puerto Rico continues in that address the world’s most FEMA and the EPA to deliver high gear even as I write this challenging water issues. life-saving safe water to letter. We had an opportunity to thousands of people. Again, The Lord blessed us with share best practices that we using our experience with phenomenal opportunities George C. Greene III, PE, PhD have developed in the areas solar energy, we installed last year, and you made it Founder, CEO of financial sustainability, solar-powered pumping possible for us to respond. On solar pumping solutions, and solutions in numerous rural behalf of our staff around the remote monitoring. New communities on the island. world and the hundreds of WATER MISSION | 2017 Annual Report 3 It’s Been a Busy Year Last year, Water Mission Navigator, a distinction shared this position at Water Mission grew by 38%, and while by less than one percent of include starting each day with a May the some of the growth can be rated charities. staff-wide devotion and opening attributed to specific initiatives As for the factors that we and closing meetings in prayer. favor of the that were undertaken by the can’t explain, we give glory to Being in a “blessable position” ministry, some of it can’t be God. With all the uncertainty is the only explanation that we Lord our God explained. The growth that surrounding us in the world have for seeing some amazing we can explain was the result today, one promise on which doors open to serve more rest on us; of intentional stewardship of we can rely is that God will people this year. the resources that are at our find favor with us if we abide We are grateful for the establish the disposal. This intentionality in His will. As such, if we seek commitment, skills, and work of our produces results like a Him first, we find ourselves creativity of the investors, program expense ratio of 86% in a place we refer to as a volunteers, and staff that hands for us... and an eleventh consecutive “blessable position.” Some of God has called to the work of four-star rating from Charity the ways that we try to stay in Water Mission. Psalm 90:17 Grundfos Chicago Walk for Water Grundfos Canada Twin Cities Walk for Water Walk for Water Grundfos Kansas City Walk for Water Central Pennsylvania Walk for Water Hach Walk for Water Church of the Good Samaritan Walk for Water Silicon Valley Kilmarnock Walk for Water Walk for Water Scotty’s Ride starting point Disaster response after Hurricane Matthew (10/16) Georg Fischer Walk for Water Disaster response after Hurricanes Irma and Maria (09/17) Disaster response after two earthquakes in Mexico (09/17) Water Mission Haiti provided safe water for more than 158,000 people Water Mission Mexico provided safe water for more than 29,000 people Safe Water for Western Honduras project in Water Mission Liberia partnership with Pentair provided safe water for more than 3,000 people Water Mission Honduras provided safe water for more than 25,000 people Water Mission Peru provided safe water for more than 6,000 people 4 HONDURAS | School children play during a WASH training session. SIWI World Water Week presentation in partnership with the Poul Due Jensen Foundation 2017 Highlights Community-Managed Safe Water Projects Disaster Response Projects Partner Activities & Initiatives Samaritan’s Purse field hospital support in Mosul, Iraq (12/16) Water Mission Kenya provided safe water for more than 22,000 people Water Mission Indonesia provided safe water for more than 18,000 people Water Mission Uganda provided safe water for more than 55,000 people Western Tanzania Refugee project in partnership with the Poul Due Jensen Foundation Water Mission served more Water Mission Tanzania provided safe than 180,000 water for more than 10,000 people refugees in Uganda and Water Mission Malawi provided safe Tanzania water for more than 44,000 people WATER MISSION | 2017 Annual Report 5 Engineering Programs Innovation that the technical capacity of our the Democratic Republic of the Expands Possibilities Peru team, and designed a “ With easily Congo and Burundi. small reverse osmosis water In 2017, Water Mission also Water Mission continues treatment system in Haiti. accessible to focus on innovation, concentrated on improving working to ensure that our In support of implementing data, we our ability to monitor system teams around the world are high-capacity safe water performance. Because the consistently developing and projects designed to meet can manage majority of our projects are implementing cutting-edge the needs of hundreds of in remote areas with fragile technologies and community thousands of people living in projects more infrastructures, monitoring development programs. refugee camps in East Africa, our water systems can be our engineers developed effectively, challenging. Using the latest Frequently, Charleston- a standard procedure for satellite technology, we are based engineers travel designing large-scale, solar- ensuring able to remotely monitor water overseas to support our powered pumping solutions. production, water quality, well country programs. This past In northern Uganda, Water sustainability.” depth, and water pressure for year, engineers from our Mission currently provides our safe water projects. With headquarters supported drinking water to more than Jeff Zapor, easily accessible data, Water the implementation of safe 143,000 South Sudanese Director of Mission can manage projects water projects at hospitals refugees. In western Tanzania, more effectively, ensuring across Liberia, trained and we are designing a solution to Engineering and that our systems continue to supported our engineering provide drinking water to more Innovation provide sustainable access to team in Tanzania, developed than 250,000 refugees from safe water. UGANDA | A child enjoys access to safe water in Bidi-Bidi Refugee Settlement. 6 Sanitation Study Solar Expertise Last year, Water Mission conducted a study to Drawing on experience gained from evaluate the utilization of more than 15,000 more than 1,100 successful solar latrines. These latrines were installed by Water pumping installations, Water Mission Mission in Honduras over an eight-year period has been involved in several dating back to 2007. We were encouraged initiatives aimed at promoting to find that more than 85% of the latrines solar-powered systems for rural water were still functional, affirming the viability supply. We were selected as the solar of the implementation model. This study pumping topic leader for the Rural Water was presented at the UNC Water and Health Supply Network’s five-year strategy, and we Conference (October 2016). Also, at the Water, presented on related topics at the following Engineering, and Development Centre (WEDC) high-profile conferences: IBM Interconnect International Conference (July 2017), we shared Conference in Las Vegas (March 2017), that, of the small number of households with WEDC International Conference in septic pits that were full, less than 25% had Loughborough, England (July 2017), and taken action to empty or reroute their pits.