Back in 2010, we were excited that James Lawrence not only broke the world record for most completed half-Ironman distance events in a single year (he completed 22!), but that he raced that entire year carrying the name of Quiet Way and spreading the message of our mission to improve water resource management in Kenya. [...]
Ok folks, strap in for a virtual tour with more hyperlinks than anyone is comfortable with. Here at Quiet Way we chant “collaboration,” and we’re passionate about knowledge sharing. In answer to the question of who is working on the global water crisis, I wanted to paint a clearer picture of who the water responders [...]
Nicole’s Thoughts on Evaluation and Community Ownership Last summer, between my first and second year of BYU’s MPA program, I interned with Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). It was an exciting path from first learning about MCC to actually working at the headquarters in Washington, DC. I was first intrigued and impressed by MCC because it [...]
In 2010, James Lawrence successfully set the world record completing 22 Half-Ironman races in less than 30 weeks. Motivated by his passion for triathlons and desire to improve the lives of those in poverty in Kenya, James is an athlete with a purpose. James continues to lead the Tri and Give a Dam! campaign to [...]
The Princess Festival is an annual event held in Utah – part of the net proceeds are donated to Quiet Way. This year (2012) the Princess Festival will be held at Thanksgiving Point, in Lehi UT, on Jun 19-30. Announcement of a Princess Festival in San Diego July 14-23 is forthcoming! It’s hard to express [...]
If there is one thing I have learned over the past four years, it’s that having long-term impact and changing ecosystems to enable people to overcome poverty is possible. In fact, it’s a must! We can’t afford to wait to improve the lives of roughly 4 billion people who live on less than just a [...]
Hi Quiet Way friends, Michael and I have committed ourselves to getting this website completely updated this week, which in my opinion is very exciting. I stayed up all night teaching myself how to use Photoshop, and have been working on images to help increase the site’s visual appeal and the digestibility of information. We’ve [...]
Just reporting in from Nairobi Kenya….. My daughter Holly, our Director, has this trip so well organized. It’s all going like clock work. We’ve been meeting with the scholarship students, interviewing and photographing them (we still need several more sponsors to assist us here). We think we now have our two big containers ready to [...]
Habari Quiet Way friends! Jina langu ni Wausi! This is Holly Sue writing you from Kenya. Ron Hatfield and I arrived here at the beginning of this week, and I will be remaining until the 22nd of August (Ron goes home August 9). I can honestly say I’ve never been so “successfully busy” in my [...]
