The third installment in the Samson Series explores our first 2 water project and shares all the lessons we learned in doing them. From Intent to Action Intention is the desire to reach a goal; action is the decision to pursue it, with all the cost, uncertainty, and responsibility that pursuit requires. That distinction had been growing clearer to me for months. For more than a year, I had been building systems, learning the language of nonprofit work, assembling the right

The second installment in The Samson Project Series tells the story of how we entered the water development world and highlights a few of the plethora of things we learned along the way. If It’s Broke, Try to Fix It Admitting what I did not know turned out to be one of the few advantages I had. It forced humility on me from the start. I never imagined landing in Nigeria with a neat solution tucked into my carry-on. If I were going to help, it would be by leaning on people w

I have used this blog to share updates on our water project, but I have not used it to tell the story of how it all began. Lately, I have been reflecting on and documenting that story. Over the next few months, I will share those musings here. Here goes. The Sleeping Dream The year was 1987, and I was seven years old, small enough that the world still felt oversized, but old enough to recognize when something was wrong. My mother had us on a road trip across Arizona, the

This week marked a milestone for Partners For Water: our 50th water project.Of the boreholes we’ve drilled, 49 continue to operate—day after day—bringing reliable, clean, life-changing water to more than 52,000 people every day. That means families can start their mornings without an hours-long walk to find water, children can spend more time in school, and communities can focus their energy on work, farming, and caring for one another rather than simply finding enough water