Photos were taken in 2008 of the community in Latakwen, Kenya during a site visit by our on-the-ground partner, Milgis Trust. During this visit, they undertook a preliminary assessment of the community’s needs and translated that into a long-term development agenda. Soon after this visit the implementation of Voss’s well-rehabilitation and water piping project began.

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In early 2009, the Voss Foundation’s first project in Latakwen, Kenya was completed! The entire village helped to build and install the well, pump, piping and tanks, to ensure a collective dedication to its success. A village elder has been chosen to take responsibility for the continued functionality of the system; the Voss Foundation has pledged its ongoing support to ensure the sustainability of the project.

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Photographer Danielle St. Laurent attended the opening ceremony of Latawken’s water project in March 2009

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In 2009, nearly 150 Norwegian women joined together to help fund a Voss Foundation water project in Samburuland, Kenya. Their contributions would go to help women and girls in the village of Swari achieve improved health and hygiene for themselves and their families. With access to clean water at a school, clinic, and kiosk near their homes, Swari women can pursue their own social and financial projects to participate in their communities as empowered citizens. Our Norwegian champions formed a network of women who together can make a difference for an entire village. Women Helping Women was such a successful campaign that the initial fundraising goal was more than doubled. As a result, the growing group will sponsor another Kenyan village, and scale up with more “Women Helping Women” around the world. Below are some photos and a video Milgis Trust sent us in September 2009, of the strong Samburu women that WHW is helping

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European Representatives Cecilie Bruntland and Anette Krosby visited our Mali projects in May 2009. They were accompanied by photographer Stuart Franklin, but took their own photos as well.

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The Voss Foundation is proud to present these fifteen limited edition photographs taken on our behalf by former Magnum Photos President Stuart Franklin, in the Dogon region of Mali. These images are exhibited globally, sold, and auctioned to benefit the Voss Foundation’s efforts to provide African communities with access to clean water. You can see Stuart’s other photos from the May 2009 trip throughout our website and in the second album on our Media page. Stuart was accompanied on his journey by Voss Foundation European Representatives Cecilie Malm Brundtland and Anette Krosby. Read Cecilie’s interview with Stuart on our blog. For more information on the Voss Foundation’s collaboration with Magnum Photos, or the sale or exhibition of the fifteen collector’s edition prints, please contact info@thevossfoundation.org (English) or info.europe@thevossfoundation.org (Norwegian).

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This is a selection of some of the other photos Stuart Franklin took for the Voss Foundation when he traveled with us to Mali’s Dogon country in May 2009. Stuart was accompanied on his journey by Voss Foundation European Representatives Cecilie Malm Brundtland and Anette Krosby. Read Cecilie’s interview with Stuart on our blog. Please see the Magnum in Mali album to view the fifteen limited-edition images to be exhibited globally, sold and auctioned to benefit the Voss Foundation. For more information on the Voss Foundation’s collaboration with Magnum Photos, or the sale or exhibition of the fifteen collector’s edition prints, please contact info@thevossfoundation.org (English) or info.europe@thevossfoundation.org (Norwegian).

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In October 2009, Blomqvist Kunsthandel, Norway's oldest and most revered auction house featured "The Dogon," Stuart Franklin's limited edition photographs to benefit the Voss Foundation. The exhibit opened with a celebration led by Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre on October 24, attended by over 150 people. On October 28, the Voss Foundation hosted over 100 women of the nearly 200 who had participated in the first Women Helping Women (or Kvinner Hjelper Kvinner) fundraising campaign. Both events were quite successful and the Voss Foundation is grateful to Blomqvist and the other sponsors for their generosity.

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In rural Ethiopia, the Voss Foundation joins CHF International to diversify livelihoods and increase access to safe water for more than 100,000 beneficiaries. Together we are able to provide for immediate water needs, improved hygiene practices, and mitigation of future drought impacts by creating more reliable and localized water sources. Voss Foundation and CHF focus their program to identify and pilot innovative, pragmatic solutions that will provide long-term water of improved quantity and quality for vulnerable populations. In support of increased water access for local communities, we constructed three new shallow wells – at sites in Hadhawe, Niri and Waylasidig – utilizing proven designs developed through CHF’s experience in water safety and security.

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In September 2009, Milgis Trust, Voss Foundation’s partner on the ground in Kenya, sent us photos of Swari village, where we will shortly begin our Women Helping Women project.

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In January 2010, some of the Women Helping Women supporters visited Kenya to attend the opening ceremony for the water project they funded in the Samburu village of Swari. Photography by Rachel K.B. Troye

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In November 2010, Milgis Trust, Voss Foundation’s partner on the ground in Kenya, sent us photos of progress underway at Ndonyo Nasipa, site of Voss Foundation’s third water project in Kenya, and the second Women Helping Women project.

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In January 2011, Voss Foundation staff and donors from around the world came to Kenya to attend the opening ceremony of the newest Voss Foundation water system in the Samburu village of Ndonyo Nasipa. The Samburu, American, and European women were overjoyed to meet each other and the ceremony was thrilling and emotional for all. Thanks to the efforts of the Women Helping Women donors and the Samburu who worked diligently to build the water system, the women of Ndonyo Nasipa have access to clean, safe water right in their village. As one Samburu woman said, "All of us are here because of women. The well was made possible by women and it will be used by women -- so I don't think we need you men anymore!"

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On November 3rd, over 100 women gathered for an intimate lunch at New York’s 3 West Club to support the Voss Foundation’s Women Helping Women campaign. Women Helping Women, an international fundraising effort of the Voss Foundation, funds water projects and well development within villages in Sub-Saharan Africa. This fundraiser, in conjunction with Voss Foundation’s European Women Helping Women campaign, funded a water system for the village of Ndonyo Nasipa in Kenya, and a well at the Georges Malaika School for Girls in Kalebuka, Democratic Republic of the Congo. At the luncheon, the Voss Foundation honored Noella Coursaris Musunka, renowned international fashion model and founder of the Georges Malaika Foundation, for her devotion to the concept of Women Helping Women. Thanks to the support of sponsors like VOSS, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Remy-Cointreau, and Brass Ring Ltd., the Voss Foundation was able to direct 100% of tickets sales to the water projects.

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The Dogon will be on display at the Old Salem Farms Spring Horse Show in North Salem, New York thanks to our friends at VOSS water! To learn more about Old Salem Farm and Voss Foundation, please view a special message from OSF: http://www.oldsalemfarm.net/images/stories/downloads/vf_old_salem_flyer_5x7_aw.pdf The Dogon is a limited-edition photographic series taken by world-renowned photographer Stuart Franklin, will be featured in a gallery space in the Main Barn from May 10-22. The photographs will be available for purchase through a silent auction, with proceeds going towards the Voss Foundation’s 2011 initiatives. For additional information, contact us at info@thevossfoundation.org.

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The Georges Malaika Foundation (GMF) is dedicated to the advancement of African communities by providing educational opportunities to young girls, aged 5 to 18. Its vision is to mobilize the resources necessary to overcome the insurmountable obstacles a young girl faces to obtain an education in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Voss Foundation’s well on-site serves as the only source of water for the school. Without fresh water, the school would not be able to operate. Together the Voss Foundation and GMF can provide the local community with access to both clean water and education.

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In May 2011, the Just Around the Corner Art Auction at Kistefos Museum outside Oslo, Norway raised $750,000 to support the Voss Foundation and Milgis Trust.

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On June 9, Women Helping Women held its first Boston event at Woodward at Ames. Dozens of men and women attended the reception, which included a silent auction of Stuart Franklin’s Mali photos and a raffle with prizes from La Perla, Moet-Hennessy, Greenvale Vineyards and the Red Sox. The event also featured this year’s Women Helping Women honoree, Saran Kaba Jones, founder of FACE Africa. Proceeds will help fund Voss Foundation’s 2011 Women Helping Women water project in Liberia.

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In August 2011, representatives from the Voss Foundation and VOSS water traveled to the village of Kalebuka in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for a few special events. We visited the project funded by Women Helping Women in 2010, which allowed for the implementation of the pump that supplies water to the new Georges Malaika School for Girls. This trip celebrated not only the opening of the school, the first of its kind in the region, but also the inauguration of the newly finished Voss Foundation well funded by Give A Drop, that will supply clean water to the entire village now that the school has been opened. Thanks to the Give A Drop partners Virgin Unite and Project Clean Water, Solutions for Africa and the Georges Malaika Foundation, the village of Kalebuka will reap the benefits of clean and easily accessible water for years to come.

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In August 2011, representatives from our newest partner, FACE Africa, visited the site of Voss Foundation’s first well in Liberia, the Hope Mission School in the Bernard Farm Community of Paynesville, Liberia. Our partners visited with the local community, school officials and members of our implementation partner, Gunii Creek United Development Association, Inc. This visit brought the groundbreaking ceremony of the well and two latrine sites, as well as allowed an opportunity for these representatives to visit the school and connect with the community that will be affected by this project.

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In a recent trip to our project site at the Hope Mission School of the Bernard Farm Community, representatives of FACE Africa were present for the groundbreaking of the well site. Check out the photos of our implementing partners digging our first well in Liberia!

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On November 2, 2011 the Voss Foundation held it's 2nd annual Women Helping Women NY Luncheon at 3 West Club in New York City. The Luncheon raised funds to support the project with its implementing partner FACE Africa at the Hope Mission School in Paynesville, Liberia. The Luncheon honored Saran Kaba Jones, founder of FACE Africa as the 2011 Women Helping Women Honoree.

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