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Who is Salesforce?  As the story of the Starfish has spread, we’ve found more compassionate people eager to join our mission to improve water access and education in Malawi. During our last trip in June 2025, our group was expanded and enriched by the presence of eight volunteers from Salesforce. Salesforce is a technology company providing software to automate sales, service and marketing functions of companies of all sizes. Salesforce’s business presence has deep global roo

11 days. 7 schools. 9 wells – of a total 52 wells that have been built in Malawi by Girls Reaching Out, WASH for Life, Inc, and various...

At WASH for Life, encouraging young people to make lasting change in their communities and throughout the world is part of our mission....

How Branches of WASH Are Connected By A Common Mission The Starfish Origin Story Throughout most of our recent blog posts, as well as on...

When Girls Reaching Out (GRO) started in 2013, the goal was to take the information we had learned from the Malawian teachers studying at...

2024 was a big year for WASH for Life. Not only did we continue our mission of providing life-saving clean water resources to school...

It has now been almost 6 months since our group of travelers ventured to Malawi and back, their lives forever changed. While it took some...

'Reunion on the Water' is a twice-monthly blog series where those who have participated in past trips to Malawi share their stories and...

'Reunion on the Water' is a twice-monthly blog series where those who have participated in past trips to Malawi share their stories and...

When discussion started, the first recounting of the trip I heard was purely anecdotal – and really, there is no better way to capture

'Reunion on the Water' is a twice-monthly blog series where those who have participated in past trips to Malawi share their stories and...

Written by Marcella Senti (Co-founder, GRO) At 7:30 am on a gray Tuesday morning, I sit with a cup of coffee opposite Steve Hamer. We are...

I wanted to provide an update on all of the exciting and incredible things that have gone on the first half of the year! WASH For Life...

I hope you are all having a wonderful start to 2024. In this blog, I want to provide an update on our existing boreholes in Malawi, the...

In June 2023, five people involved in WASH For Life travelled to Malawi to learn about the country, meet its people, and see first-hand...

In June 2023, five people involved in WASH For Life travelled to Malawi to learn about the country, meet its people, and see first-hand...

In February 2023, the borehole at Mbelekete School in Dowa, Malawi in Africa was formally dedicated after being built in December last...

This Autumn, WASH For Life added two more boreholes to its list of 20 other boreholes created since 2017. Our boreholes help provide...

Since 2017, we have been able to build 20 boreholes in Malawi to provide clean water to communities. The boreholes have been extremely...