Clean water
Wells, filters and hygiene training so families stop walking hours for water that makes them sick.
- wells built
- 312
- people served
- 86,000
Since 2012 · East Africa
Clean water, school and care for every family
We work alongside local teams in 40 villages, so help arrives where it's needed and stays there.
- 86kpeople with clean water
- 22kchildren in school
Supported by
- Northwind Foundation
- Harbour Trust
- Kestrel & Co
- Bluewater Fund
- Acacia Group
Our impact
Fourteen years, forty villages
- 312 wells built and maintained
- 1,400 teachers trained
- 41k children vaccinated
- 87% of gifts spent on programmes
What we do
Three programmes, one community
Water, school and health care work best together. A child who isn't sick or fetching water can stay in class.
Education
Classrooms, books and trained teachers, so every child can stay in school past the age of ten.
- teachers trained
- 1,400
- pupils reached
- 22,000
Health
Mobile clinics, vaccines and community health workers who reach villages hours from a hospital.
- clinics a year
- 90
- vaccinations
- 41,000
Urgent appeal
Help us finish before January
Water before the dry season
Twelve new wells for Kisumu county before the rains stop in January. Every $50 brings clean water to one more person for good.
20 yearsaverage well lifetime
How we work
Villages choose. We help build.
Every project starts with a village meeting. Local committees decide what's needed, and they own and run it once it's done.
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Led by local people
94% of our staff live in the communities they serve.
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Built to last
Every well comes with a trained repair team and a spare-parts fund.
In their words
People, not numbers
The clinic came every Tuesday. My baby has had every vaccine on time.
I give $25 a month and get a photo of the well it helped fix. That's all I need.
I spent two weeks on a build team. I came back with friends for life.
Events
Come and join us
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Run for Water 10K
Run, jog or walk 10K along the seafront. Every runner's sign-up fee builds one metre of pipeline.
$15 Register -
Winter Gala Dinner
An evening of food, music and stories from the field, with a live auction for the dry-season appeal.
$60 Register -
Volunteer open evening
Meet the team, hear about this year's projects and find a role that fits your time and skills.
Free Register
Stories
News from the villages
Clean water
Amina's mornings: from the river to the classroom
For years, ten-year-old Amina walked two hours to the river before school. The new well in Kanyawegi changed that in a week.
Health
A day with the mobile clinic
Six villages, one van, two nurses and 140 patients. We spent a day on the road with the health team.
Education
Three new classrooms, built by the parents
In Siaya, parents laid the bricks themselves. We brought the roofs, desks and a trained teacher for each room.
Give $25 a month. Change a family's year.
Join 4,200 monthly donors who keep the water flowing.