• More than 884 million people around the world do not have access to safe drinking water

• Every day nearly 6,000 people, mostly children, die from water-related illnesses 

• Nearly 2.6 billion people live without adequate sanitation

• Sub-Sahara African nations are currently suffering their fourth year of severe drought conditions

Water Solutions Unlimited is proud to be an active partner with Christian missionaries (CMF International) in their ongoing fight against contaminated water, unsafe sanitation, and poverty throughout the country of Kenya.

Overflow-Water for Maasai

While on a missionary trip to Kenya in 2008, WSU President Nick Stanley saw firsthand the desperate need for safe drinking water while working alongside the people of Maasai Mara area of Kenya. Stanley made two more mission trips to the region in 2009. He, along with Kent Fillinger of Connection Pointe Christian Church and Christian Missionary Fellowship’s (CMF) Maasai team, became determined to combat contaminated drinking water—the major killer of young children in Kenya.

The main goal of “Overflow- Water for Maasai” is to reduce the number of water related illnesses by addressing the two major issues-the quantity and quality drinking water in the Maasai Mara area of Kenya. Since its inception in late 2008, Stanley has worked with Fillinger and the Maasai team to fund and hire a Kenyan Water Coordinator to maintain the equipment and community relations in the Maasai Mara area. This provides “sustainability” which many of the efforts in Kenya greatly need. The last mission trip demonstrated that we can disinfect contaminated water and make it safe through chlorination.    Our plan is to begin with schools, clinics and churches in the Maasai area. Later this year, plans are to raise money for Rain Collection systems (quantity), and additional chlorination equipment (quality).

To make a donation for the “Overflow-Water for Maasai Fund,” please visit www.cmfi.org.