Lindsey Pluimer, Founder & CEO
Sara Myers, Executive Director
Published on the 10th of March, 2026
Dear Changemakers,
2025 was a landmark year for With My Own Two Hands. We deepened our microenterprise model, building clean water and agriculture systems alongside twelve additional communities. We blew our Drop of Life Gala fundraising goal out of the water, inspiring a ripple effect of changemaking across our growing community. We made meaningful additions to our newest program, regenerative agriculture, ensuring its vitality for one of the most climate-vulnerable regions in the world.
All of these accomplishments led to one major milestone reached: our critical programs are now changing the lives of over 200,000 people. Families with clean water, children in school, farmers with thriving businesses, entire communities with hope for the future. 200,000 people with access to the basic human rights we all deserve.
2025 also proved to be a year of resilience, steady growth, and reassurance that we are on the right track. We dove deeper into our Shared Investment Transformation Model, enhanced our community training with in-kind incentives, and worked tirelessly with our project partners to ensure community buy-in from the start. We witnessed just how critical local leadership and community-owned systems are, especially amidst global economic and climate instability.
None of these milestones happened by chance, and none of it happened without you.
Our supporters, those who have stood with us from the beginning and those just joining our mission, play the most critical role in all of this. Your generosity, your commitment, and your belief in the power of clean water and regenerative agriculture make every milestone possible.
Thank you for all that you helped make possible in 2025. We look ahead with momentum and resolve as we continue driving equity for all.
Sincerely,
Lindsey Pluimer, Founder & CEO
Sara Myers, Executive Director
