Providing Access to Clean Drinking Water, with Your Help!

These photos are from just a few of the water projects we've been working on in Kenya, Cameroon and Zambia. The video is from our recent trip to Kenya to see what your gifts have done!

We're not done yet...and we're definitely not leavin'

Raising Funds

Well repair in Zambia**	Wells for Schools: Kenya	Biosand filters in Cameroon

Under Construction

Kalawa Weir

Ngiini Weir

Kakalya Weir

Completed

Makivenzi Well

Nzatani Water Tank

Cameroon Biosand Filters

Learn about Project Types

Rain Water Harvesting

Biosand Water Filters

Sand Dams (Weirs)

** The photos of well repair in Zambia were provided by Thirst Relief International, our implementing partner. We did not repair this particular well.

Typical Water Project Goals:

• Access to Water within 1 km (half-mile)
• 50 litres per person/day
• Clean, Filtered & Disinfected Water
• Sustainability
• Community Ownership and Management

The water comes from rainwater harvesting techniques and/or water wells. Where water is available, but diseased and dirty, we're also using Biosand water filtration. These systems include the construction of weirs (small sand dams that capture water during the seasonal periods of rain) and roof-top rainwater catchment systems using gutters and pipes on large buildings like schools and churches. Once collected in tanks, the water can be filtered, disinfected and distributed to communities and schools.

The water projects in Kenya are designed to help people who currently walk several kilometres a day to collect often dirty, diseased water. In Cameroon, water can now be cleaned right in the home!

By joining us and donating what you can, you will help eliminate water scarcity in these communities.

Read More About the how projects work...

• Local Partners
• Who It Benefits
• How It Works
• The Process from Need to Construction

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