WATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL
Programs
Program 1 [2018]
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: WATER MISSION TAKES A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO COMBATING THE GLOBAL WATER CRISIS BY PROVIDING SAFE WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE (WASH) SOLUTIONS FOR PEOPLE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND DISASTER AREAS. SINCE 2001, WATER MISSION HAS PROVIDED FOUR MILLION PEOPLE IN 55 COUNTRIES WITH ACCESS TO SAFE WATER AND SANITATION. FOR WASH PROJECTS TO HAVE LASTING BENEFITS, THEY MUST BE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL, SAFE TO USE, AND SUSTAINABLE IN THE WAY THEY ARE MANAGED. WATER MISSION'S APPROACH TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BUILDS ON LOCAL RESOURCES AND RELATIONSHIPS TO CREATE A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT. WATER MISSION HAS MORE THAN 280 INDIGENOUS PROFESSIONALS WHO WORK IN COUNTRY PROGRAM OFFICES AND LIVE IN THE COMMUNITIES THE ORGANIZATION SERVES. WATER MISSION HAS OVER 350 STAFF MEMBERS WORKING AROUND THE WORLD IN 10 PERMANENT COUNTRY PROGRAMS LOCATED IN AFRICA, ASIA, LATIN AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN. FOR EACH COMMUNITY SERVED, WATER MISSION ENGINEERS CUSTOMIZE SOLUTIONS THAT REFLECT THE UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THAT COMMUNITY. AT THE INCEPTION OF EVERY PROJECT, WATER MISSION TEAMS TEST THE PROJECT WATER SOURCE FOR QUALITY AND QUANTITY, IDENTIFY THE REQUIRED PUMP AND POWER COMBINATION (SOLAR POWER, IF NEEDED), PUMP THE WATER THROUGH A PROPER TREATMENT INTO STORAGE, AND DISTRIBUTE THE SAFE WATER TO THE LEVEL OF ACCESS DESIRED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. AS A LEADER IN USING SOLAR POWER PUMPING SYSTEMS, WATER MISSION HAS INSTALLED MORE THAN 1,200 PROJECTS USING SOLAR PANELS. THE LIVING WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM (LWTS), ORIGINALLY DESIGNED IN 1998 BY WATER MISSION'S CO-FOUNDER AND CEO GEORGE GREENE III, PHD, P.E., IS A MICRO-MUNICIPAL WATER PROVIDER THAT USES RAPID SAND FILTRATION AND CHEMICAL DISINFECTION TO PRODUCE SAFE DRINKING WATER AT A RATE GREATER THAN 10 GALLONS PER MINUTE. IT CAN BE QUICKLY DEPLOYED IN THE AFTERMATH OF A NATURAL DISASTER AND HAS MINIMAL SUPPLY CHAIN REQUIREMENTS. USING THE LWTS AND OTHER RELATED TECHNOLOGIES, WATER MISSION HAS PROVIDED OVER 1.1 MILLION PEOPLE WITH ACCESS TO SAFE WATER AND SANITATION FOLLOWING SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST DEVASTATING DISASTERS, INCLUDING THE RECENT CRISIS IN INDONESIA CAUSED BY MULTIPLE EARTHQUAKES AND AN 18-FOOT TSUNAMI AND THE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE CAUSED BY HURRICANE MARIA ON PUERTO RICO AND OTHER CARIBBEAN ISLANDS. THE ORGANIZATION HAS ALSO RESPONDED TO NUMEROUS OTHER DISASTERS SINCE ITS FOUNDING, INCLUDING: HURRICANE MATTHEW IN HAITI IN 2016; THE EARTHQUAKE IN NEPAL IN 2015; THE MASSIVE FLOODING IN MALAWI IN 2015; THE EBOLA OUTBREAK IN LIBERIA IN 2014; TYPHOON HAIYAN IN THE PHILIPPINES IN 2013; THE EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI IN 2010; THE EARTHQUAKE IN SICHUAN CHINA, IN 2008; HURRICANE KATRINA IN LOUISIANA IN 2005; THE TSUNAMI IN SOUTHEAST ASIA IN 2004; AND OTHER SMALLER CRISES. IN ADDITION, THE ORGANIZATION HAS ALSO RESPONDED TO AND CONTINUES TO SERVE THE REFUGEES FROM SOUTH SUDAN THAT HAVE FLED TO NORTHERN UGANDA AND THE BURUNDIAN REFUGEES THAT HAVE SETTLED IN WESTERN TANZANIA.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesOct 1, 2017 – Sep 30, 2018Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$17.6MProgram 2 [2018]
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: WATER MISSION TAKES AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO CONDUCTING RESEARCH ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF WASH INTERVENTIONS. THIS RESEARCH INCLUDES ROUTINE MONITORING OF FIELD ACTIVITIES, REMOTE MONITORING OF WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS, EVALUATION OF PROJECT PERFORMANCE DATA THROUGH AN ONLINE MANAGEMENT PLATFORM, AND FOCUSED IMPACT STUDIES. ADDITIONAL REMOTE MONITORING CAPABILITIES ARE IN THE TESTING PHASE, INCLUDING THE ABILITY TO MEASURE WATER QUALITY, WATER PRESSURE AND WATER LEVELS IN WELLS OF INSTALLED SYSTEMS AROUND THE WORLD. TO DATE, WATER MISSION'S RESEARCH HAS RESULTED IN FOUR PATENTS GRANTED TO THE ORGANIZATION ON VARIOUS EQUIPMENT USED IN CUSTOM WASH SOLUTIONS. RESEARCHERS ALSO CAREFULLY ANALYZE HOW WASH PROJECTS ARE ALLEVIATING POVERTY AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE OVERALL WELL-BEING OF THE COMMUNITIES WHERE WATER MISSION WORKS. THIS ALLOWS THE ORGANIZATION TO ADOPT NEW APPROACHES BASED ON DISCOVERED SUCCESSES AND FAILURES.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesOct 1, 2017 – Sep 30, 2018Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$359KProgram 3 [2018]
ADVOCACY: ONE OF THE PRIMARY GOALS OF WATER MISSION IS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE GLOBAL WATER CRISIS. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED BY ORGANIZING EVENTS AND CREATING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE A CALL TO ACTION FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT. ONE SUCH EVENT IS THE ANNUAL CHARLESTON WALK FOR WATER AS WELL AS OTHER, SMALLER REGIONAL WALKS IN PLACES SUCH AS ST. LOUIS, MINNEAPOLIS AND SILICON VALLEY.WATER MISSION IS A TRADEMARK OF WATER MISSIONS INTERNATIONAL, DOING BUSINESS AS WATER MISSION. WATER MISSION DEPENDS ON CASH CONTRIBUTIONS AND GIFTS-IN-KIND OFFERINGS PRIMARILY RECEIVED FROM INDIVIDUALS, CHURCHES, FOUNDATIONS, AND CORPORATIONS. IT ALSO RELIES ON THE TIME COMMITMENT OF OVER 500 VOLUNTEERS WHO WORK MORE THAN 20,000 HOURS ANNUALLY. WATER MISSION IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE (CODE), AND IS NOT A PRIVATE FOUNDATION UNDER SECTION 509(A) OF THE CODE.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesOct 1, 2017 – Sep 30, 2018Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$197.1K
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