Water Projects

Builds water wells to provide safe drinking water to communities in need worldwide, focusing on cost-effective and sustainable solutions.

Builds water wells in Asia and Africa, providing long-term, sustainable access to safe and clean water for communities.

Launched first project in 2005, focused on clean water and sanitation in African communities with a holistic, community-driven approach.

Distributes locally-made ceramic water filters that remove 99.88% of pathogens to rural communities in Western Kenya. Filters last 3 years.

Provide a water storage tank for a community in need, enabling clean water access. Minimum donation $50 CAD.

Sponsor a water project (well, piped system, rainwater harvesting) for an entire community, school, or health clinic with a gift of £8,500 or more. 100% of donations go directly to water solutions.

Water For Life Charity drills wells in developing countries to provide clean water to communities.

The CloudFisher is a durable fog collector that withstands winds up to 120 km/h, requires no energy, and provides clean water. Deployed in Morocco, Tanzania, Bolivia, Peru, Eritrea, and other countries.

Partners with GHNI to provide water filters to families in Egypt, and funds Village Drills for remote communities in Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Supports GiveWell's top-rated water charities like Evidence Action's Dispensers for Safe Water. Donations made through EA NZ are tax-deductible in New Zealand.

Brings sustainable clean water solutions to homes in Fiji by training locals to install and maintain Sawyer water filters. $60 sponsors a family.

Funds water chlorination programs in low- and middle-income countries. Highly cost-effective, with over $125 million granted since 2017. Reduces waterborne disease.

Donate a solar-powered water pump for a community well in an impoverished area. Total cost £1,800 for a solar pump serving 200-500 people.

Provides household biosand water filters to families in Malawi, made from concrete, lasting 35+ years. $150 provides one filter for a family.

Build a deep well in Pakistan to provide clean water access to a community. Donation includes plaque with name. Cost not specified per person but total well cost typical for region.

Potters for Peace provides technical assistance to set up local factories producing low-cost ceramic water filters that eliminate approximately 99.88% of waterborne disease agents. Filters cost $15-$25 per unit and replacement filters cost $4-$6.

Delivering safe drinking water to families in displacement camps across Gaza. Sourced from local boreholes and treated using operational desalination plants to ensure distribution is independent of border crossings.

Brings clean water and safe sanitation to children in urban poverty across eight countries, targeting schools and urban areas.

Splash provides clean water and safe sanitation to children in urban poverty settings, focusing on schools and institutions. Serves in 8 countries, targeting urban slum areas rather than rural villages. Installs water filtration and handwashing stations.

Builds wells, sand dams, and rainwater systems in sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on broken well repairs and local partnerships.

Build a clean water well in Africa for $50 per person. Projects in Kenya, Sierra Leone, Uganda. 100% of donations go to projects.

Charity intervention that drills shallow hand-pumped wells in Africa. A donor contribution of $50 provides clean water for one person, with each well serving approximately 350 people.

UNICEF provides safe water, sanitation, and hygiene services in over 100 countries, reaching vulnerable communities with emergency water delivery, handwashing stations, and latrines.

A $50 donation provides a VF100 water filter to a family in a developing country, capable of purifying over 100,000 gallons of water and removing 99.9999% of diseases.

Install a typical 250-foot deep well in Kenya serving an average of 750 people per well, costing about $12,000 total. Provides clean, sustainable drinking water to communities.

Provide a water tank to a family in Yemen for storing clean water. Cost: £80 per family.

Installs durable water wells in remote African villages; 98% continue functioning after 20 years.

Global Aid Network (GAiN) Australia builds water wells in villages in Benin, Togo, and Tanzania, providing safe, lasting access to clean water along with hygiene training and community development.

Water4 provides safe water through drilled wells and WASH training. As of 2025, completed 9,518 water projects and provided safe water to over 2.1 million people. Uses a sustainable local business model and emphasizes hygiene education and community ownership.

Water4 uses a sustainable, local approach to end the water crisis. They train local entrepreneurs to build and maintain water systems, completed 9,518 projects serving over 2.1 million people.

Builds sustainable water systems (piped systems, wells) in rural and urban communities across more than 30 countries. Focuses on long-term maintenance and local partnerships.

Drills wells in Uganda to provide clean water to rural communities.

Arid-zone deep well in Dodoma, Tanzania, drilled using the low-logistics Village Drill system. Provides water to 180 families (~900 people) who contribute small monthly payments to maintain the system, bypassing regular handpump breakdown problems.

Clean water borehole in Sironko District, Eastern Uganda. Taps highly protected groundwater tables using a portable Village Drill, serving 140 families (~700 people). Co-funded by the local community to create micro-entrepreneur maintenance jobs and ensure hardware lifespan.

A community-supported deep borehole well in Western Kenya using the manual hybrid Village Drill system to access deep aquifers. Serves 160 families (~800 people) with continuous, safe water, eliminating FGM risks and biological waterborne pathogens. Managed by local village water committee.

Provides clean water access to a new person every ten seconds through wells, piped systems, and hygiene programs in developing countries.