OUR MISSION: 

To bring clean and safe drinking water to people in developing countries. Water changes everything.

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WHY WATER? 

For people in developing countries, clean water can change everything. 663 million people in the world live without clean water.  

That’s nearly 1 in 10 people worldwide. Or, twice the population of the United States. The majority live in isolated rural areas and spend hours every day walking to collect water for their family. Not only does walking for water keep kids out of school or take up time that parents could be using to earn money, but the water often carries diseases that can make everyone sick. 

But access to clean water means education, income and health - especially for women and kids. Clean water changes everything. 

To date, your donations have allowed us to build more than 1100 water wells and more than 100 ablution places. 

Bangladesh - Pakistan - Sri Lanka - Cambodia - Myanmmar

Health, Time, Education, Women Empowerment 

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Diseases from dirty water kill more people every year than all forms of violence, including war. 

43% of those deaths are children under five years old. Access to clean water and basic sanitation can save around 16,000 lives every week.

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In Africa alone, women spend 40 billion hours a year walking for water.

Access to clean water gives communities more time to grow food, earn an income, and go to school -- all of which fight poverty. 

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Clean water helps keep kids in school, especially girls. 

Less time collecting water means more time in class. Clean water and proper toilets at school means teenage girls don’t have to stay home for a week out of every month. 

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Women are responsible for 72% of the water collected in Sub-Saharan Africa.  

When a community gets water, women and girls get their lives back. They start businesses, improve their homes, and take charge of their own futures. 

How do we tackle the water crisis?

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We work with local experts and community members to find the best sustainable solution in each place where we work, whether it’s a well, a piped system, a BioSand Filter, or a system for harvesting rainwater. And with every water point we fund, our partners coordinate sanitation and hygiene training, and establish a local Water Committee to help keep water flowing for years to come. 

Every $1 invested in clean water can yield $4–$12 in economic returns.

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It’s a solid investment. access to clean water is perhaps the single most powerful tool for sparking economic growth that humanity has ever known.

Where do we work?

We fund water programs in 12 countries around the globe - in Africa, Asia, Central and South America. Water scarcity, poverty, political stability and strong partner organizations all play a part in where we choose to work. We focus on providing rural communities with their first access to clean water. 

We're not just about funding new wells, we're also taking care of the ones we've already built. This is how we ensure that our water projects continue to provide clean water to communities long after they are installed. Pipeline is a system of local leaders, innovative technology and trained mechanics all working together to keep water flowing at charity: water projects around the world.