The Water Warrior Initiative
A group made by Creators, for Creators. Specializing in ENDING the Global Water Crisis!
Who We Are
Meet the Team behind The Water Warrior Initiative! These are the people who make our events possible!
Events
The Water Warrior Initiative hosts all sorts of events throughout the year aimed at Creators! From day-long contests to month-long charity drives, there's something for everyone!
Thirst Project & Water Warriors
Thirst Project is the non-profit behind The Water Warrior Initiative! All funds we raise go directly to them, and 100% of them go directly to the cause! Thirst Project does not take a cut! Learn more about Thirst Project and Luci here!
Support the Water Warrior Initiative!
If you'd like to help Rep/Support our Initiative, we're selling merch now! 50% of proceeds go to Thirst Project, with the other 50% helping us here at Water Warriors outsource work we aren't able to accomplish on our own and pay our wonderfully talented artists!
Meet The Team!
The Water Warrior Initiative Executives
LuciKOH: The Founder and CEO of The Water Warrior Initiative
Luci is the founder and CEO of The Water Warrior Initiative! Initially, he kicked off this cause in 2023 under the name "Chill for Change" as a one-month-long December fundraiser! Following the insane success of the event, thanks to the creators who helped make it a reality, Luci then followed through into 2024 with yet another December fundraiser and officially renamed the event "The Water Warrior Initiative," and set off as an organization behind Thirst Project's cause. Now he and his team host events and fundraising drives to help end the global water crisis! Find out more about him by clicking on his photo!
Favorite Quotes: "Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate."
-Captain Jack Sparrow
"You can't kill me. I'm not alive."
-Connor, Detroit: Become Human
Fun Fact about Luci:
He's broken at least one bone in each part of his body from snowboarding alone.
ThatDarkPhoenix: VP of Operations
Dark is one of the main leaders of The Water Warrior Initiative. He works primarily on our social media and behind the scenes of events, branching out into the Minecraft Competitive scene as well as introducing us into the world of Lore Events! As the VP of Operations, he helps cultivate partnerships within the Minecraft Esports space.
Find out more about him by clicking his photo!
Favorite Quote: "It was a pleasure to burn."
-Fahrenheit 451
Fun Fact About Dark:
He's played in the X-Games.
Momus: Content Director
Momus is our newest executive at The Water Warrior Initiative. Originally joining us during our first in-person event at TwitchCon 2025, Momus has shifted focus to behind the scenes event work and editing shorts for our social pages alongside Dark. He's shown an incredible dedication to ending the global water crisis and we could not be happier to have him on our team.
Find out more about him by clicking his photo!
Favorite Quote: "How can you call it a movement if you don't have motion?"
-Unknown
Fun Fact About Momus:
He's won two college football bowl games as a student assistant!
SaiGuy: Senior Partner
Sai is the man behind the scenes at The Water Warriors. While they do not participate in our gaming/streaming events, he has been an incredible team member, helping plan our month of fundraising and assisting our streamers at every turn. Fun fact: They also did the art for our 2024 Water Warrior month and our 2023 Chill for Change month!
Favorite Quote: Why do we tell stories? To make sense of a world that's terrifying and enormous [...] And although calamity is here, because of you, it will not be here forever. -Brennan Lee Mulligan
Fun Fact About Sai: Sai doesn't play videogames, but has been known to kick ass accidentally (sometimes)
The Water Warrior Initiative Leads
Ghostie: As one of our Water Warrior Leads, Ghostie primarily focuses on art/event work behind the scenes. Their talent and hard work is an incredibly important part of The Water Warrior Initiative. Beloved by the community Ghostie is someone we could not be happier working with.
Playnation: As one of our Water Warrior Leads, Play primarily focuses on player relations, ensuring that our players are enjoying our events and helping direct the executive team on improvements based on player feedback. He's an incredibly important connection between the executive team and the player base of The Water Warrior Initiative.
Viipy_: As one of our Water Warrior Leads, Vii primarily focuses on helping the executive team build/edit maps for our events, server moderation, and ensuring our events are running smooth.
Sebushtin Bush: As one of our Water Warrior Leads, Bush primarily focuses work behind the scenes, helping the executive team furnish events and code/recode certain aspects of maps we may use to better fit lore events.
Events!
The Water Warrior Initiative works to host tons of esports events per year. Primarily focused on Minecraft due to its versatility and connection to an ever-expanding community, we build out a variety of events to create unique experiences and fundraising to end the global water crisis. Our mission has been aligned with Thirst Project since the start, push the global water crisis into history within our lifetimes.Wave Makers Month: Wave Makers Month is a yearly event where we invite Creators to stream for clean water on a 30-day-long Minecraft SMP or alongside their own separate content. The month allows creators to invite their community into a group of world changers and showcase themselves as creators to the Water Warrior community!Check out some of our previous event trailers below!
Thirst Project & Water Warriors
Thirst Project is the nonprofit behind The Water Warrior Initiative!Founded in 2008 by Seth Maxwell, Thirst Project has managed to change the lives of over 650,000 people in 13 countries. They're the world's leading YOUTH water organization, working with students across the globe to aid in their fundraising efforts.We've been fundraising for them since 2023, as our founder, LuciKOH, believes wholeheartedly that water is a human right. Luci has worked alongside Thirst Project since 2019 after getting involved with another creator Initiative. In 2023, LuciKOH chose to start his own creator initiative, knowing the power behind Creators. Chill for Change was born, later renamed The Water Warrior Initiative.
Why Thirst Project?
We know there are tons of water organizations out there. Why did we pick Thirst Project? A few reasons: Thirst Project exclusively works with young people to fundraise. Creators tend to have audiences that are comprised of youth, and the youth are a driving force of change in the world. Especially in today's world. The youth fight for what's right, and The Water Warriors and Thirst Project have both seen that. Another reason is that 100% of all funds raised go directly to the cause. Thirst Project is funded by a generous group of people, which allows them to not take a single cent from fundraising.
Note from our Founder LuciKOH
We will see the end of the water crisis in our lifetimes. That I truly believe. In 2008, 1.1 BILLION people did not have access to clean water. Currently, it's above 700 million. I know, it's a daunting task. Regardless, water is a human right, and together, I believe we can put an end to the water crisis. People are always stronger together, and we're fortunate to be in places that have access to clean water mere rooms away. Unfortunately not everyone has access to it. Help us put an END to the global water crisis.