Last summer, August 10, 2024, to be exact, I received the type of phone call everyone fears receiving. I was informed on that call that...

Globally, 2 billion people do not have access to safe drinking water (UNESCO, 2023), and significantly more face water-stressed...

We recently completed work on our 40th water project. This project will supply more people with clean water than any other project we...

Things are tough in Nigeria right now. As I stated in my last blog, inflation is at record highs. For example, when I first visited...

As we near another year's conclusion, I am ecstatic that PFW and our work in Nigeria, West Africa, continue to thrive even while 2023 has...

In June, we completed our 37th water project (36 of these projects actively produce water), bringing the number of people being provided...

"Do what you can, with what you've got, where you are" is a quote often attributed to Theodore Roosevelt (although in his autobiography,...

In November, we completed our 32nd and 33rd water projects in Nigeria, bringing the daily total of people served with safe, sustainable,...

Last week I visited Nigeria for the first time since November 2019 (go here to see pictures). Since 2017 I have visited Nigeria every six...

To say the last few years have been tumultuous would be an understatement. Amid a global pandemic, a constantly shifting economic...

We have reached the water project mid-year. Though we have not yet reached the middle of the calendar year, we have reached the start of...

A common criticism of water infrastructure undertakings in the developing world is the lack of commitment to borehole maintenance by...

Last month we celebrated the third anniversary of our first water project in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. In addition to celebrating the...

This past summer, we surpassed 10,000 people served with safe, clean, and sustainable water (we will exceed 14,000 people served by the...

This summer, we completed our 18th, 19th, and 20th water projects in Nasarawa state Nigeria. As I ponder how much progress we have made...

In April, I reported that our team in Nigeria had completed two water projects in the first quarter of 2021 (Angwan Jatau and Angwan...

I have told Petros' story to almost anyone who will listen. We first met Petros in the Village of Rija (the location of our first water...

I have been visiting the continent of Africa since 2009, but it wasn't until 2017 that the burden of addressing the unsafe drinking water...

As I am sure is the case with many of you reading this update when I reflect on 2020, a large part of me would like to leave it all...

A lot has happened in Nigeria since my last update. In addition to dealing with the public health implications related to COVID-19 and...