Situation

One in two people in developing countries cannot access clean water, and hundreds die every day due to illnesses related to contaminated water. In much of the developing world, people have to walk for miles with a container to get their daily water requirement.

Response

Water for Life ensures that villagers are given a sustainable clean water supply. A typical hand pump serves at least 400 villagers. HF assess candidate villages and then plan to get the equipment and engineers to the selected village.

Outcome

Already, dozens of water pumps have been installed in Asia and Africa and are providing safe water for over 30,000 people. After the Asian Tsunami, the pumps installed in our Lamno camp served over 3,000 people. In the village of Sita in the Gambia, the wells provide both drinking water as well as catering for their agricultural needs, making the villagers self-sufficient.

For these people, the Wells you help us install provide them with their daily water requirement. We need your help to get clean water to millions of others that are in desperate need.