World Toilet Day

Nine years ago, I joined a group of committed people who were forming the African Well Fund because they believed as did I that clean water is every person’s basic human right.I’ve learned a lot in the last nine years, but one of the most important things...

Batonga Foundation Project Begins!

I’m just back from Africare’s annual Bishop John T. Walker dinner in Washington D.C.It’s such a great energizing event that I have been lucky to be able to attend for the last 9 years!Last year was particularly exciting as Africare President Darius...

New Shoes = Clean Water

I ordered three pairs of shoes yesterday. They’re all very cute and I can’t wait until they arrive at my house. What do my new shoes have to do with clean water? Quite a lot, actually, because my shoe purchase is helping AWF fund the construction of clean...

Anti-Flag – Practicing What They Preach

Many thanks to Chris #2 from Anti-Flag for the shout-out in his interview in The Aquarian WeeklyAs Chris says, the band have been long-time supporters of the African Well Fund, donating proceeds from a  guitar giveaway , ticket sales and items for our Got...

Water Problems are Solvable!

That’s the take home message from the recent International Water Forum at the United Nations according to the Columbia Water Center who participated in the event.None of the many challenges are outside of the ability of human-kind to respond and resolve. ...

And We're Back!

In an effort to stimulate new dialogue about clean water, sanitation, wells, and Africa we have decided to bring back our blog!  Our goal is to post at least once a week (hopefully more) any articles, ideas, and information that we come across as we go about our...