Partners

Carter Center

We have been working with the Carter Center to aid their mission to eradicate guinea worm worldwide.  President Carter and Mrs Carter are pictured with Jim Niquette, wife Afia and their son Jeffrey.

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) 

• Serves in 100 countries;

•  62,000,000 people helped in 2006

 Motto is “Need not creed.” 

CRS is the charity and international aid arm of the Catholic Bishops of the United States.  They reach more than 100 million people in more than 100 countries on five continents. CRS has been in Ghana for more than 50 years.  Visit their Ghana projects page

Life Teen

Our partnership with Life Teen, the Catholic youth organization,  raised $217,000 in 2010.  We are inviting many of the parishes to continue their relationship with W.A.T.E.R. in the future.  

For more information on this fundraising effort, check out our Life Teen Information

Or visit Life Teen's website

World Vision

World Vision and W.A.T.E.R. partnered to build a water system in the key Guinea Worm endemic town of Savelugu.  The mechanized system included an overhead tank, taps and submersible pump.  The project helped reduce guinea worm cases in the town 93% the year following completion