About the International Water Sanitation and Foundation (IWSH)
Our Mission and Vision
Changing Lives Through Plumbing
The International Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Foundation (IWSH®), is the public charity of IAPMO, a global team of experts engaging industry and government for a safer built environment.
We believe that plumbing changes lives. Founded in 2016, IWSH focuses exclusively on plumbing’s essential role in delivering water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) solutions worldwide.
IWSH unites skilled plumbers, leading manufacturers, technical experts, and NGO partners with the expertise of IAPMO, to provide clean drinking water, safe sanitation, improved hygiene services, and highlight new career pathways for underserved low-income, and indigenous communities.
Lives Changed by Plumbing
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100% of your donations to IWSH go directly to project delivery: planning, skilled labor volunteer recruitment, quality product procurement and installation, and community workforce development.
IWSH undertakes a range of demonstration projects each year showcasing plumbing upgrades and repairs, skills competitions, and workforce development.
We recruit and deploy skilled plumbing volunteers to install quality products and provide hands-on training that creates lasting impact.
We provide entry-level plumbing education for students and local residents, introducing them to career possibilities in plumbing.
We partner with other like-minded nonprofits, plumbing and water technology manufacturers, and community leaders to collaborate, promote and scale our projects.
Our proven success model is: well-planned projects + skilled plumbers + quality products + community education = scalable and measurable change.
The IWSH Board
Ed Gormley (chair)
Ed Gormley is owner and president of Gormley Plumbing & Heating, his family’s four-generation-old business based in McMinnville, Ore. Ed is president of the Plumbing Mechanical Contractors Association of Oregon, a trustee and chairman of the United Association of Plumbers and Steamfitters Union Local No. 290 Trust Funds, and a trustee of Local No. 290’s Apprentice and Training Committee.
Gary Hile
Gary Hile is a Certified Plumbing Inspector (IAPMO), a Certified Mechanical Inspector (IAPMO and ICC), a Certified Medical Gas Inspector (PIPE), a Certified Backflow Assembly Tester for the Municipality of Anchorage, and a Certified Backflow Assembly Instructor through the University of Florida. Gary's grandfather, father, and brother were all members of the plumbing profession.
Ken Borski
Ken Borski is division manager, plumbing inspections, for the city of Houston, a post he’s held since March 2014. Kenneth has been with the city for 25 years, beginning as a plumbing inspector. A member of Local Union 68 since 1980, Kenneth graduated from the Local 68 Apprentice School and has been a journeyman plumber since 1983.
Jordan Krahenbuhl
Jordan K Krahenbuhl is the Executive Director of the Nevada PHCC. Jordan is retired from the Clark County Building Department, where he was an Inspector and Plans Examiner. He is a journeyman/master plumber following a grandfather, father, and 3 older brothers into the trade.
Ian Longacre
Ian Longacre is a plumbing and mechanical inspector with the city of Santa Fe, N.M., a residential building inspector, a residential and commercial building plans examiner, a member of UA local 412, and Chairman of the IAPMO New Mexico chapter since 2016.
Dave Viola
David Viola is the CEO for IAPMO and serves as chair of the World Plumbing Council. The son of a plumber who pursued a career in mechanical engineering, Dave has more than 25 years of senior management experience within the plumbing and mechanical industry.
Support IWSH by making a tax-deductible gift today.
Our efforts across the globe are only made possible by generous donations and contributions from passionate water, sanitation, and hygiene champions ... like you!
Common donation amounts:$25$50$100$250$500$1,000
IWSH is registered in the United States by the IRS a 501(c)(3) public charity, and your donations are deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
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