by 360design | Dec 22, 2020 | From the field, Malawi, Sonder Update
A Milestone in Malawi Agness Mwale used to wake up at 2 am, gather her water containers, and walk down to the dry river bed to collect water for her 7-person household. Because it was a dry river, the process was not as simple as just putting your bucket in the water...
by 360design | Nov 20, 2020 | Global, Sonder Update
The Impact of Clean Water Zenabo Willy wakes up in Tim Tim, a remote community in Burkina Faso, every morning to collect water for herself and 34 other extended family members that live on the homestead. Fortunately, with the installation of a well from The Sonder...
by 360design | Oct 14, 2020 | From the field, Hurricane Relief, Local, Sonder Update
Two Years After Hurricane Michael: Returning to our Roots When Hurricane Michael devastated Panama City, Florida, and the surrounding areas in October of 2018, The Sonder Project was focused on international development work in sub-Saharan Africa. With a goal to have...
by 360design | Sep 20, 2020 | From the field, Global, Malawi, Sonder Update
Smiling Faces at Matundu School Students from the Matundu School in the community of Galileya proudly stand in front of the new school block completed in September 2020 by The Sonder Project in partnership with buildOn. NEW SCHOOL BLOCK BRINGS SMILING FACES TO MATUNDU...
by 360design | Sep 15, 2020 | Sonder Update, Walking For Wells
Walking for Wells: An Interview with a Man on a Mission 146 days is all it took for Kurt Freudenreich to complete 3,300 miles on the Continental Divide Trail. Kurt was the first person to finish the trail in 2020. Although the official trail is 3,100 miles, Kurt...
by 360design | Sep 10, 2020 | Sonder Update, Walking For Wells
Walking for Wells: James Joins the Team One year ago, James Stiely was desperate for a change in his life. After working for 19 years in Real Estate and Community Management near Scottsdale, Arizona, the grind had simply become tiresome. He was seeking a new type of...
by 360design | Mar 30, 2020 | Global, Local, Sonder Update
Four Truths – A Message from our CEO about COVID-19 Dear Sonder Supporters, As the world continues to mobilize to fight the current Coronavirus pandemic, we are reminded of four truths. The first three are simple: 1) access to clean water and soap make us...
by 360design | Mar 26, 2020 | Sonder Update, Walking For Wells
Walking for Wells While people all over the world continue to hunker down and maintain separation in the privacy of their homes, one man is taking social distancing to the extreme. Kurt Freudenreich has been planning for over a year to hike the Continental Divide...
by 360design | Mar 16, 2020 | Community Gardens
Planting the Seeds for Lifelong Gardeners In January of 2020, the first seedlings in the new Sonder Project garden at Walton High School were planted with the support of students from Ms. Spice’s culinary classes. Ms. Spice is the school’s leading advisor on the...
by 360design | Mar 12, 2020 | Global, Sonder Update
Local Donors Make a Global Impact In mid-January, we completed our first well of 2020 in Kilou, a rural Burkina Faso community that’s home to 2,000 people. Prior to its completion, the community relied on an exposed well that was open to the elements. It was also dry...
