Water is Life Kenya
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What we do

Water is Life Kenya (WILK) is a non-profit organization that has been bringing clean, accessible water to communities in Southern Kenya since 2007. We work mainly in drought-prone areas, populated by rural Maasai people who rely on cattle as their main source of income. Our dream is to help them create solutions to access and manage available water and then use water to escape poverty.
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Our work is guided by 4 key values:
  • Love your neighbor as yourself
  • Don’t do for others what they can do for themselves
  • Involve the community at every phase of the project
  • Real lasting change will occur when people recognize the reality around them and their ability, with others, to change it.
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Joyce’s Story​

While living in New York City, I witnessed the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center towers. The fear, death, and hatred caused by this tragedy was met with a massive outpour of love and support from all across the United States. This event inspired me to participate in community volunteer activities, which would ultimately lead me to establish Water is Life Kenya (WILK).

I traveled to Kenya in 2005, where I saw the widespread effects of poverty on education. I began sponsoring the education of a Kenyan girl upon my return to the United States, and returned to Kenya one year later to volunteer with the girl’s sponsorship program.

It was during this time that I experienced drought firsthand in Southern Kenya. I had heard a proverb from my Maasai friends, “water is life.” It was not until I was confronted by water shortage that I fully understood their meaning. Water is what makes grass grow, what nourishes livestock, and what sustains life. Without water there is no hope, no life.

My desire to help others encouraged me to begin searching for ways to alleviate the chronic need felt by my friends. In 2007, Water is Life Kenya was formed. Since the completion of our first project in 2008, WILK has helped over 20,000 people in Southern Kenya.

I look forward to seeing WILK grow as an organization dedicated to long-term change among communities in Southern Kenya. Please join us by donating today. Our work has changed many lives, and I hope that it will change yours as well.
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Love,
Joyce

Location

Water is Life – Kenya
314 E Main St
Kelway Plaza, Suite 2
Newark, Delaware 19711
(302) 894-7335

What Our donors Are Saying

After ten years of financial support, with countless follow-up reports, conversations, photos and video clips, we made a site visit to Water is Life Kenya's Amboseli operations in late November, 2018.  The visit - and our assessment of the organization - well exceeded our expectations.
                                       --  Mandy Cabot, owner, Dansko

A few years ago, a friend invited me to a church dinner where a Water is Life Kenya speaker gave a presentation.  It changed my life.  Intrigued, I wanted to know more.... I have since donated and visited Joyce in Kenya three times with my family.
                                                -- Cynthia Miller



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Water is Life Kenya is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
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  • WATER IS LIFE KENYA
  • WILK News
  • Overview
    • What We Do
    • Our Vision and Mission
    • 2019 Report to the Community
    • 3 Year Vision Plan Details
    • Where We Work
    • Clean Water Projects Program >
      • Clean Water Projects
    • Livestock as Business Program >
      • LAB Yearly Groups
    • Beaded Handicrafts
  • Donate
  • SHOP
  • About Us
    • About Us >
      • Meet our team
      • Joyce's Story
      • Contact Us
    • Ways to support and more >
      • Ways to Donate
      • Shop to Support