A message from our Executive Director
Dear friends, It’s hard to believe 2011 is already coming to a close! We have accomplished so much this year, constructing 15 new water access points in 4 countries: Kenya, Ethiopia, the D.R. Congo, and a new nation, Liberia! Once more, our wells and water systems have brought access to clean water to communities, schools, [...]
Voss Foundation Holiday Cards and Gifts
Show you care this holiday season by sending friends, family, and colleagues a Voss Foundation holiday card! Make a donation in someone’s name to simplify your holiday shopping and and help build wells this holiday season, making 2012 a better year for thousands of people in Sub-Saharan Africa by supporting the Voss Foundation. These beautiful [...]
African Bazaar
Still thinking about that colorful kikoy from Kenya? Or the beautiful handmade leather and bone necklaces from Mali? How about the gorgeous malachite dishes from the DR Congo? You can still get them! Visit our online African Bazaar to purchase the gifts you missed out on at the Women Helping Women New York Luncheon! The [...]
2010 Year in Review
The Voss Foundation increased our humanitarian impact by nearly 5 times in 2010! Click the image above to read more about our astounding successes in the 2010 Year in Review.
2011 Women Helping Women Honoree
We are happy to announce our 2011 Women Helping Women Honoree, Saran Kaba Jones, founder of FACE Africa! FACE Africa will be our partner on the ground in Liberia for the 2011 Women Helping Women water project, and Saran will be honored at our upcoming Women Helping Women events in Boston and New York. Although [...]
Happy holidays from the Voss Foundation! 2010
Warm wishes for a happy and healthy new year! Clean water is a gift; thank you for your support in 2010 Season’s greetings from the Voss Foundation Look forward to new water projects, more ways to get involved in 2010! In the meantime, join us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for project updates [...]
The technology of a rope and washer pump
We’ve received some great questions from supporters asking what it means that some of our wells have “rope and washer” pumps.“Rope and washer” refers to the technology behind a certain kind of hand-pump. Our friends at CHF International, with whom we implemented rope and washer pumps on wells in Ethiopia, have provided us with [...]
Blog Action Day Focuses on the Global Water Crisis for 2010
It’s Blog Action Day 2010! This year the focus is on our global water crisis and we are so excited that all around the world today bloggers will bring attention to the Global Water Crisis much like the Voss Foundation has been doing since our inception in 2008! Did you know that a child dies [...]
2010 Women Helping Women Honoree
We are proud to announce Noëlla Coursaris as the 2010 Women Helping Women Honoree! Noëlla Coursaris was born in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), but went to live with relatives in Europe after the death of her father when she was only five years old. After receiving a degree in business management in Switzerland, [...]
Earth Day 2010
On the 40th celebration of Earth Day, show you Give A Drop: Donate online at www.giveadrop.com or text the message DROP to phone number 85944 (US mobile users only) Purchase a limited-edition Pennyroyal silver necklace designed by inger/songwriter Jewel Attend one of Jewel’s benefit concerts at Nashville’s legendary Bluebird Cafe For more ideas on how [...]
Jewel charity concerts to benefit Give A Drop and the Voss Foundation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MULTI-PLATINUM SINGER /SONGWRITER JEWEL TO PERFORM TWO CHARITABLE CONCERTS AT NASHVILLE’S LEGENDARY BLUEBIRD CAFÉ ON APRIL 28TH All Proceeds From the Concert Benefit “Project Clean Water” A Charity Founded and Supported by Jewel Recording artist and philanthropist, Jewel, will perform two shows at the legendary Bluebird Café in Nashville, TN, to benefit [...]
World Water Day 2010
Did you know that more children die each year due to unclean water and inadequate sanitation than from HIV/AIDS, malaria, and measles, combined? Those are 5000 deaths a day from diseases that could be prevented with access to clean water. Today, World Water Day, serves to remind us all that clean water cannot be taken [...]
International Women’s Day 2010
Today is International Women’s Day! UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon noted in a message today, that “the third Millennium Development Goal – to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment – is central to all the rest. When women are denied the opportunity to better themselves and their societies, we all lose.” Water is inextricably linked to [...]
Limited Edition Pennyroyal JEWELry
Singer/songwriter Jewel, Voss Foundation’s Give A Drop partner, has collaborated with jeweler to the [rock]stars, Pennyroyal, to design a limited-edition silver necklace benefiting Give A Drop projects (currently funding Voss Foundation work in Mali). The Give A Drop pendant is the newest piece in the Pennyroyal Signature Collection. Pennyroyal Silver is a jewelry design company, [...]
VOSS water donation to Haiti
Many of you have asked if the Voss Foundation is doing anything to help Haitian earthquake victims. Since our mission focuses our work in Sub-Saharan Africa, we do not have appropriate Caribbean contacts to make an effective impact ourselves. However, our friends at Voss water have made an important contribution of pure water. Their water [...]
Follow Voss Foundation on Twitter; Become a Friend on Facebook!
Tweet tweet! To start the New Year off right, the Voss Foundation has a new Facebook Fan Page and a Twitter account! Please become a Fan to stay informed about our vital work providing clean water access to sub-Saharan Africa, as well as view photos, RSVP to events, and let us know what you’re thinking! [...]
Voss Foundation GoodSearch toolbar
We know you already “search for” the Voss Foundation by using GoodSearch as your search engine and specifying the Voss Foundation to receive a donation – at no cost to you – each time you use it. But the new Voss Foundation toolbar makes it even easier to use GoodSearch and GoodShop, a program where [...]
Happy Holidays from the Voss Foundation
Season’s Greetings from the Voss Foundation! At a time when many of us count our blessings, it is important to remember those who are less fortunate, including people who lack access to the most basic necessities for survival. Many of the things that those of us in rich, developed nations take for granted are a [...]
CNN Heroes: Jewel discussing Give A Drop and Voss Foundation
On November 16th, singer/songwriter Jewel, Voss Foundation’s Give A Drop partner, was featured as a CNN Hero. In the segment, Jewel talks about Project Clean Water’s alliance with the Voss Foundation and Virgin Unite on Give A Drop. The video is embedded below. You can also access it by copying and pasting this address into [...]
Voss Foundation on the Norwegian National Fundraising Telethon
Stuart Franklin‘s “Girl wearing Norwegian jewellery” from The Dogon will be featured in this Sunday’s annual Norwegian telethon! NRK’s TV Aksjonen is one of the largest televised fundraising events in the world. The 2009 goal this October 18th is to raise over €20 million. The Voss Foundation is honored to align with CARE Norway, the beneficiary of this year’s telethon, [...]
Jewel talks about Voss Foundation and Give A Drop on TV
On Friday, October 2nd, the singer and songwriter Jewel, Voss Foundation’s Give A Drop partner, was interviewed by Greta Van Susteren on Fox News’ On the Record. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com In the interview, Jewel talks about her partnership with the Voss Foundation and Virgin Unite on Give A Drop and reminds all the viewers to [...]
Meet Jewel and introduce one of her Fall 2009 shows!
Voss Foundation’s Give a Drop partner, singer-songwriter Jewel, and her Project Clean Water charity, have teamed up with CharityFolks to auction off the opportunity to meet Jewel and introduce her on stage at each of her concerts this Fall across the Southeastern US. Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Give A Drop partnership between Project Clean [...]
Text A Drop
The Voss Foundation joins Virgin Unite and Project Clean Water, its Give A Drop partners, in launching Text A Drop. The Give A Drop campaign raises money through www.giveadrop.com and Text A Drop text message donations. To make a $5.00 donation by mobile phone anywhere in the US, just text the message DROP to phone number 85944. Text A Drop provides [...]
