- Community Water Solutions empowers women to launch sustainable water businesses. How do we do it? We don't drill wells! Instead, we bring students and young professionals from around the world to West Africa, where they build water treatment centers and train local women to run them. These businesses provide safe drinking water to the entire community, generate income for the women entrepreneurs who run them, and use local products. To date, CWS has launched 49 water businesses in Ghana that provide clean water to almost 30,000 people. 100% of our businesses are still in operation today.
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Category Archives: The CWS Team
Kate’s TEDx Talk
This spring, Community Water Solutions’ Executive Director, was invited to speak at Middlebury’s TEDx Conference. The theme of the conference was “The Road Not Taken” and Kate spoke about the changes in her career path that led her to Ghana … Continue reading
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Salamatu’s Story: One Woman’s Journey to Becoming a CWS Water Entrepreneur
Community Water Solutions has some EXCITING NEWS…. This morning we launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo in an effort to raise funds for our expansion in Ghana! For more details, check out our beautiful new video featuring Salamatu, one of … Continue reading
Oh Where Oh Where to Put the Polytank?
The placement of the CWS water treatment center is key in running a successful water business. Fellows and CWS translators ask very specific questions when it comes to finding a spot for the polytank. The villagers select where they want … Continue reading
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Back to Tamale and it feels so good!
After two weeks of training and saying farewell to some pretty awesome fellows, I have officially started as Ghana Country Director. It feels so good to be back with CWS! With the 6 newly implemented villages, CWS now has 38 … Continue reading
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The Fellowship Leaders Have Arrived!
Our fearless fellowship leaders Hudson and Ben, arrived in Tamale yesterday – and with that, the Fellowship Program has officially begun! The boys have a 1.5 day leadership training program before they hop on the bus with Shak and Peter … Continue reading
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Reflections of an (almost-former) Ghana Country Director
I can’t believe its been a year. A year already? A year only?! Volunteering with Community Water Solutions this year was an experience that I am struggling to summarize. I could go by those landmark successes (and failures): – Opening … Continue reading
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Meet Brianan, CWS’ new Ghana Country Director!
This June, Brianan Kiernan will be joining the CWS Team as the new volunteer Ghana Country Director. We are so thrilled to have Brianan as a part of our team and think that she is going to do an amazing … Continue reading
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Let the fun begin! (Updated with a picture!)
All four 2012 Spring Fellows have safely arrived in Accra! The group is resting up for their VERY early (4:45am) wake up call tomorrow! They’ll catch the first bus out of Accra and after 12 (ish) hours of fun, will … Continue reading
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World Water Day
Happy World Water Day Everybody! World Water Day was last Thursday, and around the world people concerned with the global water crisis gathered together to celebrate all the positive water-y work that’s being done! To see some examples and learn … Continue reading
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Meet the 2012 Summer Fellowship Leaders!
We are very excited to announce the two awesome Fellowship Leaders that will be helping us run the 2012 Summer Fellowship Program: Ben Powell and Hudson Cavanaugh! We are so happy to have these two guys join our team this … Continue reading
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