Notes From The Field

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Responding to Venezuela: Bringing Safe Water After the Earthquake

Within hours of devastating earthquakes striking Venezuela, Wine To Water teams were preparing water filters, coordinating with trusted partners, and

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Six Years of Showing Up: The Congregational Church of Burlington’s Journey in Clean Water

Every year, The Congregational Church of Burlington in Connecticut gathers with a shared purpose—hands ready, hearts aligned, and a growing

This photo captures a bright, hopeful scene in a rural community in the Dominican Republic. Three women and a young child are the central focus, standing on a dusty, sun-drenched hillside in front of rustic wooden homes.

World Water Day 2026: A Moment to Reflect—and Act

How many times have you accessed clean water today? Most of us wash our hands and fill our water bottles

Building Capacity from Behind the Scenes

Building Capacity from Behind the Scenes

Some of the most meaningful work at Wine To Water happens behind the scenes. For Kened Snilla, that work began

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When Hurricane Melissa Struck Jamaica, Clean Water Became an Emergency

Three days before Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica, Wine To Water was already making preparations to deploy. As the

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Strength in Service: How Jill Storelli Turned Grit Into Clean Water for Thousands

Every Tuesday morning, before Wine To Water’s Boone warehouse fully comes to life, Jill Storelli walks in, greets the staff

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Remembering Hurricane Helene in Photos

We go all over the world to bring clean water to people who need it. A year ago, we didn’t

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Rainwater Harvesting System Transforms a Community in the Heart of the Amazon

A view along the Amazon River. Across Brazil, over 33 million people lack access to safe drinking water, and nearly

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Shedding the Stigma: The Importance of Menstrual Health

Everyone deserves access to health and safety, regardless of their gender. Despite half of the world’s population experiencing menstruation in

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From Waste To Wealth: Students in Nepal Reimagine Trash

In the rural community of Mayatar, waste generation was once an overbearing issue affecting the people in Nepal. Plastic bottles

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Inspiring Hope: Hurricane Helene’s Impact on our home of Western North Carolina

When category-4 Hurricane Helene barreled through Western North Carolina (WNC), mountain rivers turned into raging currents, ripping houses off their

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Sharing Knowledge: A School Impacts a Community

Children in the cliffside community of Katheswora, Nepal, are eager to learn, but their education was hindered by the lack

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Sharing a Resource: Fatuma’s Story

For women like Fatuma, the lack of clean water is a life- long burden. The 63-year-old has lived her entire

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Sharing Innovation: Rafael’s Story

In Rafael Rodriguez’s community of La Colorada, rainfall is abundant, but water sources are often unprotected. The people there have

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Earth Day 2024: WTW Sustainability Initiatives

Membrane filters as an alternative to plastic water bottles  Clean water is essential for life, but in times of crisis,

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Filters for the Amazon

On a Friday in Colombia, our WTW Amazon team gathered with employees from MetLife to build filters that would directly

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A Long Term Solution

The ceramic water filter produced here in the Dominican Republic is great appropriate technology that allows a family to access

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Mable’s Story

At 69 years old, Mable has experienced a lot of life’s joys, but finding clean water has always been hard.

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Empowering Women: Celebrating International Women’s Day 2024

International Women’s Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The

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Eluway Primary School

The school is situated atop the Savanna plateau adjacent to Tarangire National Park in Manyara. The school, with 417 students

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Over a Year Later, An Update on Ukraine

A PARTNER HIGHLIGHT: Unlocking Communities & YMCA Ukraine “Bitter and bloody” the Russian Invasion of Ukraine has drastically changed the

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One Filter Makes All the Difference

At every filter distribution, there is a line of eager mothers ready for the transformation that clean water technology makes

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Earth Day 2023

Volunteer Donate Beyond Water Trailer Planet Earth, where life begins. Home to us all, our planet provides the cornerstones of

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Better Health, Life, & Happiness

Residents of Tobang and Metrang in the Ichchhyakamana Province See Increased Production of Produce, Cash Crops Agriculture is essential for

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Resolve, Innovation, and Transformation

Laughter rang out in Nepal as clean water rained down on Amrauli Village By: Josh Anderson – Some of the

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International Women’s Day

Every day, women around the world spend an estimated 200 million hours collecting water. For some, this is a short

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Santa Luzia Community, Community Water System

In the heart of the Amazon Region, the community of Santa Luzia resides. Two hundred and fifty-two Brazilians live here.

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United Nations SDG 6

Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. Many small, remote communities located in the Icchyakamana Rural

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Ceramic Filter

Recently, the WTW DR team and partner Servicio Para La Paz visited the community of La Jicotea in the province