Our Solutions

Water Mission is headquartered in N. Charleston, South Carolina, with over 50 staff members including engineers, community development specialists, researchers, and administrative professionals. Headquarters staff work closely with permanent country programs to design safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) solutions for communities located in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Water Mission began work in Haiti in 2004 and received official NGO status in 2011. Water Mission Haiti was equipped and able to respond to the devastating earthquake in 2010. Under the interim leadership of David Inman, this staff of 39 has guided the program from a period of immense growth to a stable development program.

Water Mission Honduras has origins in 1998 after Hurricane Mitch. Founders George and Molly Greene were operating an environmental engineering lab in South Carolina. Upon request from Honduras, George and his team of engineers built six water treatment systems, and the idea of Water Missions International was born. The program received official NGO status in 2007 and is led by Hector Chacon. With 13 staff, the program has implemented extensive water and sanitation projects throughout the country.

Water Mission began work in Indonesia in 2005 after the devastating tsunami that struck Southeast Asia in December 2004. The program received official NGO status in 2007 and is led by Jan Daniel, a native Indonesian, who maintains 14 staff in 4 offices throughout the country. The team focuses on five areas: safe water, lasting infrastructure, community development, self-sustaining financial models, and monitoring and evaluation.

Water Mission began work in 1999 and received official NGO status in 2009, which mandated an expansion of operations to cover almost all regions within Kenya. The program is under the leadership of Moses N’gania, a native Kenyan, and maintains 19 staff. Staff work in remote locations, encountering broken roads, drought, and pastoral communities in need of custom solar powered pumping solutions.

The Water Mission Malawi program was established in 2009 and is under the leadership of Nixon Sinyiza, a native Malawian. In 2011, with only five staff members, the team received official NGO status and conducted Health and Hygiene trainings for ten different communities reaching more than 150 leaders. Now with 30 staff, the program is continuing to take great steps forward, most recently responding to extreme flooding in the southern region.

Water Mission began work in Mexico in 2007 after our eyes were opened to the dire need for safe water in the country. Under the leadership of Johny Bermúdez, the program received official NGO status in 2013. In non-developed communities, 3 out of every 10 inhabitants do not have safe water. The states of Chiapas, Guerrero and Oaxaca are the most affected, so this is where we work. Three communities in Chiapas have been designated each as a “Healthy Community” by the state health department after implementing safe water solutions.

Water Mission began work in 2006 and received official NGO status in 2013 under the leadership of Juan Simon, a native Peruvian and forestry engineer. The program is based out of Iquitos, the largest city in the Peruvian Rainforest and is located on the Amazon River. The river provides 20% of the world’s fresh water, but 90% of its inhabitants lack access to safe water. Past projects in Peru have focused around the Amazon River basin, but the program is now expanding, including a satellite office in Piura on the west coast of the country.

Receiving official NGO status in 2013, Water Mission Tanzania is our newest country program. Benjamin and Vilai Filskov recently moved from Denmark to assume leadership of the program. The team of 40 staff members focuses on projects in the coastal, northern, southern and central regions of the country and is currently working to provide relief to refugees fleeing from Burundi.

Water Mission began work in Uganda in 2005 and received official NGO status in 2011 under the leadership of Michael Bazira, a native Ugandan. The Ugandan program is based out of Jinja, on the edge of Lake Victoria. These waters are shared with roaming animals, treacherous disease, and affected by seasonal drought. The program’s 29 staff members have taken on initiatives focusing on fishing villages along Lake Victoria as well as implementing innovative community development models.