Company Profile
Water Mission
Company Overview
The Water Mission® organization is a Christian engineering nonprofit that designs, builds, and implements safe Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) solutions for people in developing countries and disaster areas. Since 2001, Water Mission has used innovative technology and engineering expertise to provide access to safe water for nearly four million people in 55 countries. Water Mission has 350 staff members working around the world in permanent country programs located in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
Company History
In 1998, Hurricane Mitch hit Honduras and ended up being the worst disaster in the recorded history of the country. At the time, George and Molly Greene owned an environmental engineering company. When they heard about the devastation in Honduras, they felt compelled to help. They received a request for water treatment systems, and being unable to find a suitable existing solution, George and his team went to work.
When the Greenes arrived in Honduras, they were shocked by what they found. In one location, the river that flowed through the village was deep brown and toxic. The villagers referred to it as the “River of Death” and no one drank from it. As the water systems became operational, the locals were still terrified to drink water from the river. So, Molly and George placed their own lips to the hose and drank the newly purified water. The villagers, then, swarmed forward to drink.
Following this experience, George and Molly took action to combat the global water crisis. In 2001, the Greenes founded Water Mission.
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
Notably, Charity Navigator has awarded Water Mission its top four-star rating 12 years in a row, a distinction shared by less than one percent of the charities rated by the organization. To learn more, visit watermission.org.