Indiana Working for WASH
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Improving Access to Clean Water Is at the Top of Americans’ Global Health Priorities
People in the state of Indiana are leading the effort to solve the global safe drinking
water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) challenge. There are numerous faith-based, civic,
and academic initiatives for WASH underway throughout the state. The top programs in
the state include:
a) Fountains of Hope Founder and CEO Bill Farrar designed a unique water
purifying system that can treat up to 55 gallons of water per minute.
b) A student at the University of Indiana raised $15,810 for implementing clean
water systems and reduced the burden of water-related illnesses in Honduras.
c) Students in the Indiana University Global Brigades Chapter, Bloomington
implemented multiple programs that supported community WASH projects in
Honduras, Ghana, and Panama for 130,000 people.
Other notable efforts include:
Rotary Clubs in Indiana
 Indianapolis Northeast Rotary Club
o Provided water wells, filters, and cisterns for rural Congolese villages
through the Congo Water Project
o Funded a grant program that provided villagers in the Congo with three
water wells, 250 biosand filters, and 600 individual straw filters
 Fishers Rotary Club
o Completed 88 wells, benefitting 88,000 people in the WaterIsLife Project
For more information, please contact John Oldfield at WASH Advocates:
202.293.4049  joldfield@WASHadvocates.org  Updated: December 2015
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Rotary District 6540, Northern Indiana
o Provide water well drilling equipment in Zambia, Africia, to make it
possible to bring clean potable drinking water to the communities they
serve
Evansville Morning Rotary Club
o Partnered with Rotary Clubs from Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio in
implement clean water projects throughout El Salvador
Faith-Based Organizations and their Work with WASH in Indiana
 John Knox Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis
o Funded a mission trip to Ghana that installed a water purification system
 St. Joseph’s Parish, Evansville
o Installed water purification filters in Haiti and sent water purification
supplies that supported the cholera outbreak response
 Morton Memorial United Methodist Church, Clarksville
o Volunteers assembled more than 1,500 special water purifiers designed
for villages and slums in developing countries
 St. John-Emmanuel Lutheran School, Monroeville
o Students raised over $4,400 that funded the construction of latrines,
handwashing stations, and wells at a primary school in Kenya
Schools & Universities in Indiana
 Purdue University – Engineers Without Borders, West Lafayette
o The Boeing Company awarded this chapter $10,000 to build a clean
water system in Bolivia
 Valparaiso University – Engineers Without Borders, Valparaiso
o Rehabilitating a water distribution system in Nicaragua, including
building a secondary water storage tank and replacing water pipes
o Installed eleven windmill-powered water systems in Kenya
WASH-Focused Organizations in Indiana
 Fountains of Hope, Indianapolis
o Committed to the installation, integration and teaching of safe water
solutions for water purification, well drilling, and health and hygiene
education
o Installs safe water systems in churches, schools, and orphanages and
teaches about safe water solutions in the poorest and most marginalized
populations throughout the world
 Gift of Water, Carmel
o Provides filtered, clean drinking water to populations in developing
countries, focusing mostly in Haiti
o Created a water purification system, which has been recognized by the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 Water for Good, Winona Lake
o Teams drill around 40-60 wells each year and maintain more than 400
existing wells, providing a reliable supply of drinking water to the
Central African Republic and other surrounding countries
For more information, please contact John Oldfield at WASH Advocates:
202.293.4049  joldfield@WASHadvocates.org  Updated: December 2015
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Indiana Water Environment Association, Indianapolis
o Helps people in developing countries improve quality of life by
supporting the development of locally sustainable drinking water
resources, sanitation facilities, and hygiene education programs through
Water for People
For more information, please contact John Oldfield at WASH Advocates:
202.293.4049  joldfield@WASHadvocates.org  Updated: December 2015