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Creating Hope Through Business

Connecting for Health

My bank, insurance company, home inspector, and furnace man have sent me notices of their unwavering concern for my health and welfare during this pandemic. Not to be out done, it is our turn… to challenge you to express that same concern to the vulnerable,...

Guatemala Rotary with Our Latin America Director

One of our long term partners in our work has been Rotary International. This organization is a global network of clubs that work to unite people and take action to create lasting change in communities. We have attended many of their events to develop our network and...

A New Distributor in Thailand: HandClasp

It seems like new distributors are joining our network every day as we reach new people groups with our water filters. A recent addition to the Business Connect team is an organization called HandClasp located in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The HandClasp Foundation is a...

Fitah’s Work in Madagascar

As we mentioned in our story about Aimable, distributors are key to providing those in need with access to clean water. This is the reason we wanted to highlight another distributor. Meet Fitah. Fitah is a young man from Madagascar who created a business to provide...

Aimable’s Impact

We are always encouraged to see the positive impact of our local distributors. They come up with the most creative ideas to distribute even more clean water products around the world and help those in need. Stories of uber drivers selling filters, mule rides to reach...

2020 Catalog Is Live!

After welcoming in the new decade, we are now excited to announce the release of our 2020 product catalog. This edition is packed full of new products, helpful information and distributor updates. We are excited to see what this new year will bring in our mission to provide affordable and easy access to clean water, through the creation of a sustainable, local business model. Check out the new catalog and let us know what you think!

A Connection

It seems too simple; the little eight-ounce plastic bags with a filter and a back-flushing syringe will bring safe and clean water to a family for several years. Here is the rest of the story…at least a small portion of it. Last week, two of us rented a 26-foot...

An Innovative Uber Driver

In order to have sustainable impact on the water crisis, we believe that businesses have to be the driving force. One of the keys of success for a business is innovation. A new idea can earn an entrepreneur a profit and encourage him to continue providing value to his...

Guatemala Firsthand

At Business Connect, stories are being constantly shared through emails, WhatsApp messages, and Facebook posts. As the person behind the scenes, I try my best to capture the stories and make each voice heard on our platforms. I love these stories of the Business...

Hope in Devastated Yemen

The Need There has been a seven-year devastating war going on in Yemen with Saudi Arabia. Millions are in desperate need of medical care. It is not just war wounds but the destruction of infrastructure that has now led to increasing outbreaks of cholera. Medical teams...

A Warrior and a Water Filter

We are a business with a huge heart for impacting the world. A majority of our water filter products are distributed through mission agencies and volunteers of all stripes and stories. Although we are men and women of faith, we really do not know the...

What Are You Engaged In?

We all know some of those people. Every year they make a trip to some exotic location or volunteer in a country that we have no personal knowledge or experience with. I wonder what is it that draws them, repeatedly, to make this trip. I know many such people. I was...

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Who are we?

Business Connect is a social enterprise (L3C) committed to providing citizens living in developing countries with affordable and easy access to essential resources, such as water and light.