Quick Facts about Lifewater’s Community
Health through Hygiene Program

• In 1999, Trudy Harper, R.N, B.S.N, began developing a hygiene
program to complement Lifewater’s existing Well Drilling and Hand Pump Repair Programs.

• In 2003, Lifewater named Janet Proby, M.Ed. and specialist in curriculum development, as director of the new Hygiene Program.

• In 2004, Lifewater Volunteer Trainers and partners conducted 220 hygiene trainings worldwide. By the end of the year over 50
percent of Lifewater’s partners had been trained in Lifewater’s Hygiene Program.

• In 2005, Lifewater renamed the program Community Health through Hygiene and began professionalizing its training curriculum.

In the same year, Lifewater conducted seven trainings in the U.S. in its Community Health through Hygiene Program, training a total of 116 individuals. Of these, 40 were Lifewater Volunteer Trainers preparing to pass along their knowledge to partner organizations internationally. The other 76 participants represented 28 nonprofit organizations such as Living Water International, Water for People, and Saddleback Church seeking to complement their work with Lifewater’s Community Health through Hygiene Program.

Lifewater’s international partners trained over 120,000 people in life-saving hygiene knowledge and skills in 2005!

• The program now has 15 Lead Trainers, Volunteer Trainers from North America who are capable of leading training in Lifewater’s programs around the world. Before becoming Lead Trainers, these individuals were required to attend advanced hygiene training sessions and participate in a number of hygiene training trips internationally.

If you are interested in supporting Lifewater’s Community Health through Hygiene Program or becoming involved as a Volunteer Trainer, please contact the Lifewater office at 805-541-6634 or 888-543-6634. We welcome your involvement in this exciting program!