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 planning how to reach communities with safe drinking water. As families begin the long road to recovery, access to clean water is one of the most urgent needs—and one of the first ways we can […]
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 understanding of what clean water really means. What began as a creative solution during a challenging season has grown into something much more. In 2021, Andrea Cordani, a youth leader at the church, was searching […]
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 multiple times a day from a tap in our homes. We bathe. We flush our toilets. We brush our teeth. Many of us water our plants and care for our pets. In the summer, our […]
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 each morning not in a field site or office, but at his computer in Tanzania. As an intern supporting Wine To Water’s Africa Programs team, Snilla spent his summer coordinating and summarizing key program documents, […]
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 storm churned toward the Caribbean island, our team reached out to local contacts and partner organizations, packed deployment bags, and began working through the logistics that would soon be needed on the ground. On October […]
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 and volunteers, and begins prepping water filtration kits just like she has for months. You don’t have to be a world record holder to serve with Wine To Water—but Jill is. In 2016, she tied […]
One Year Later: Wine To Water Deepens Commitment to WNC Recovery After Hurricane Helene
Commemoration Event Set for Sept. 26 in Boone to Honor Community Resilience and Ongoing Recovery BOONE, NC — When Hurricane Helene swept across Western North Carolina in September 2024, it unleashed one of the most catastrophic inland flooding events in the region’s history. Homes were lost, wells were contaminated, and thousands were left without access to […]
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 expect that need would come to our backyard as well, but it did. Now, as the one year anniversary of Hurricane Helene approaches, we’re looking back through our photo archive as a way to pause […]
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 100 million lack proper sanitation. In remote and river communities of the Amazon, the problem is even worse. Photo credit: Addison Rudicile, WTW Manaus, Brazil. 2025. When globally dispersed teams come together, it’s people like […]
Wine To Water Offering Free Regional Water Quality Testing Program Across Western North Carolina
BOONE, NC — Wine To Water (WTW), an international nonprofit focused on clean water access, has launched a free water quality testing program for households across Western North Carolina. The program, which has already received requests from over 400 households, is designed to build confidence in and ensure access to safe drinking water across 23 counties, […]