Archive for Field Reports
Afghanistan Project Insight
Greetings! This was a dispatch I wrote from the field during our recent Afghanistan Project in Dec ’11. Wanted to shed some further light on what I feel is truly a ground breaking initiative. I knew this Afghan project would be significant, but today… today was hands down one of the best experiences I’ve had [...]
Read moreAfghan Campaign: W4W & The Wolfhounds
I write today with the great excitement of introducing our recent project in Afghanistan with you. About six months ago a US Army Captain by the name of Michael Brabner reached out to us through our website. His battalion, called The Wolfhounds, is stationed in Northern Afghanistan in the Kunar Provence. He contacted us to [...]
Read moreNike Game Changer Project // Haiti – Phase II
W4W+Hurley+Nike = GameChanger Kit (Phase 2) from Waves For Water on Vimeo. We always feel good about giving the gift of clean water. In my opinion, water is a god given right – like air… But the fact that there are still such staggering statistics, such as – 1 out of 6 people do not [...]
Read moreProject Amazon 2011-V.1
Mother Nature has certainly been committed to getting our attention lately… the last couple years have been riddled with an overwhelming amount of natural disasters. I believe that all this is cyclical when speaking in terms of the “big picture”, but am also aware that it’s a cycle that none of us have been around [...]
Read moreSurfing the Amazon with Purpose
Waves For Water has always been rooted in adventure… It was basically founded on the lifestyle that I lived for 15+ years prior. The initial idea was simple – continue to exercise my passion for travel and adventure and do some good in the process… I never much related with the Peace Corps model – [...]
Read moreJapan Mission Update
The decision to launch a relief effort for Japan came easy. Just one glimpse of the news after the March 11th quake/tsunami hit, triggered every sensor I have for this work. It was a “no-brainer”. It’s the same formula every time – Utter devastation = people in need. And in these unfortunate circumstances, Waves For [...]
Read moreThe Experience We Call Life
The power of mother nature never ceases to amaze me… I’m currently in Brazil, launching a relief effort to help the victims of the recent floods that claimed over 900 lives and left 20,000+ people homeless… The main region that got hit is called Serra – a mountainous area about 2 hrs drive from Rio. [...]
Read moreHarrison Middle School Makes Waves & Fills Hearts
Waves For Water is grateful and proud to share that we have been delivering water filtration systems in high gear in response to the cholera outbreak in Haiti. During the week of the one year anniversary of the earthquake, we distributed 1500 systems in Port-au-Prince, Leogane, and Cite Soleil. One of the week’s destinations was [...]
Read moreReflections of Perseverance
Yesterday was the one year anniversary of the quake that rocked this country to its core… I write today from a place of great appreciation and humility… Yesterday was a day of mourning…and a day of rebirth. The city streets were vacant of their normal traffic congestion…the air was eerily still…yet there was an intense [...]
Read moreChallenge & Determination Breeds Success
Fritz and I had an incredible day yesterday. We got out of the city and visited his home town of Leogane (epicenter of quake). We had a special lighthearted mission this time… and after the days we’ve been having it was so damn refreshing to get back to the core of what we do – [...]
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