Most of these photos illustrate stories from Thirsty for a Miracle.
At this point in high school, I'd never been on a plane but was still eager for adventure.
Joining P&G in 1986, I didn’t anticipate the years I would work on failed projects.
My performance in a debate on the television show Oprah received praise from P&G senior leadership, but years of failure were in my near future.
Meeting Mercy and her family collecting dirty water in Kenya changed my life.
Water collecting at the same pond where I first showed people, including Mercy, how to use the P&G packets. Water that I would not want to walk through barefoot was purified with the P&G packets.
Meeting Jemima Odo, who told me that the PUR packets (prior to rebranding as P&G packets) saved her life, inspired me to create the not-for-profit Children's Safe Drinking Water Program.
This photo and the accompanying story in the Wall Street Journal summarizing P&G's response to the SouthEast Asia tsunami, helped establish the P&G program as a not-for-profit.
Fulfilling a vision God gave me, John Pepper came out of retirement to deliver the first billionth liter of water provided by the P&G packets. This had climbed to 25 billion liters by 2025.
I’m grateful to CARE for allowing me to help host tennis great Venus Williams on her first trip to Africa. Despite being one of the world’s greatest athletes, she felt the burden of carrying heavy water. Also the immense joy of sharing clean water, provided by the P&G packets, with girls in Kenya.
Smokey Robinson lent his voice and contacts to make our social media effort ‘Smoke Alarm’ a success.
Justin Timberlake graciously agreed to narrate the documentary ‘Summit on the Summit Kilimanjaro’.
Jimmy Chin coached me up Mt Kilimanjaro years before filming ‘Free Solo’ with Alex Honnold.
I hosted Alexandra Cousteau, Jessica Biel, and Kenna in a Maasai village, prior to the hike of Kilimanjaro.
Summit on the Summit: All of our hikers, including Kenna, Jessica Biel, Jimmy Chin, Alexandra Cousteau and I, made the top of the tallest mountain in Africa and helped shine a spotlight on the global water crisis.
Not only did I have an unhealthy super hero complex, but P&G branding reinforced it.
Anderson Cooper later told me he didn't exactly understand what I was saying but he appreciated my intensity.
During filming in Tanzania, I tried to lighten up the crew.
Renaming of the packets from "PUR" to "P&G" and the building of a new manufacturing plant in Singapore, gave me confidence the program would continue following my retirement from P&G.
Passing the torch (stirring spoon) to my P&G successor, Allison Tummon-Kamphuis.
Hosting President Clinton and Chelsea in Rwanda with my P&G successor, Allison Tummon-Kamphuis.
The power of the P&G packets to purify water is astounding.
With my daughter, Ashton, being recognized as 2012 Alumnus of the Year at my alma mater, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
The 2013 Boulder Flood of my house was just one of many challenges I faced when joining World Vision.
Days after my house was flooded we launched "Flash Flood for Good" with Rich Stearns, then President of World Vision US; President Clinton; Marc Pritchard, P&G Brand Building Officer, and David Clark.
Our family motto is ‘you can’t sit around and wait for adventure’, whether it’s international travel, SCUBA diving, kayaking, skiing, hiking, or biking. Sometimes this has resulted in more adventure than I had anticipated.
My best friend Wes Williams, who said, ‘we’ve come to far to turn around now’. This became our motto as we faced future challenges.
Naomi Nakokai's water source, where people drowned before World Vision provided a permanent water point near her home.
Playing side-kick to Raya of Sesame Workshop is a joy and she’s effective in teaching healthy habits in schools.
Patricia Heaton, actress and World Vision Ambassador, has used her celebrity to build awareness of the global water crisis.
Little Jeannie was part of the family representing the one millionth person reached with water access as we finished the job in Rwanda.
Sean Kerrigan of World Vision and I are congratulated by the Prime Minister of Rwanda, Edouard Ngirente, for fulfilling our commitment to finish the job in Rwanda.
Kenita, Allen, and family live in a remote part of Zambia, literally at the end of the road. They had lost a child due to contaminated water and had almost lost hope, before World Vision brought them clean water.
Biblia and Lantangiyan in Samburu, Kenya, welcomed me to their home. They went from extreme poverty to thriving because of World Vision’s Beyond Access effort.
Playing a jumping game with children in Zambia.
Grace at age 3, when she was on the cover of the successful P&G BrandSaver, and at 15 when she was enrolled in an exclusive high school.
When I reunited with Grace after 12 years, I could see her strength and resolve. I knew then God had a plan for her every bit as much as he had for me.
I was delighted to be invited in 2023 to be recognized by Standa Vecera, President of P&G Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa, and to help celebrate the 15th year of the Singapore plant making P&G packets with 21 billion liters of clean water provided.
Honored to receive the award named after my mentor, the John Pepper Humanitarian Award, from the P&G Alumni Association. Presented by Ed Tazzia of the Association and Marc Pritchard, P&G Chief Brand Officer.
I was blessed to be part of the day when World Vision received the largest amount of private donations in our 75 year history, spurred on by the generosity of Ryan and Holly Lambert.
Sharing clean water with vulnerable people fulfills the purpose God has given me.
My family celebrating Christmas in Colorado. From left to right, my son-in-law John Batten, grandson Kade Batten, daughter Ashton Allgood-Batten, myself, wife Dr. Elaine Allgood, and daughter Dr. Meredith Allgood.