How to get involved
1. How can I raise money for WaterAid?
2. My company would like to support you. How can we get involved?
3. How can my community group get involved with WaterAid?
4. Can I visit your projects overseas?
5. Can I volunteer to help with projects overseas?
6. Can I volunteer for WaterAid in the US?
7. Are there any jobs at WaterAid?
8. Can I give you tools to help in the construction of projects?
There are many ways to raise funds for WaterAid.
As an individual you can:
Our corporate relationships are valuable to us and there are many ways in which your company can work in partnership with us, from employee giving programs that benefit both companies and staff to corporate gifts, special events and long-term partnerships.
Find out more about how your company and WaterAid can work together.WaterAid works with a variety of community groups from all over the USA. Whether you are a member of a club, faith-based group, school or youth group - why not get your group involved in enabling some of the world's poorest people gain access to safe water and sanitation?
Find out more about how your community group can get involved.We greatly appreciate the support we receive from many individuals, groups and companies. However, because so many people help fund our work we don't encourage supporters to visit our projects overseas as it would incur too much time and resources in administration.
As most of our projects are in remote areas, visiting them requires help from the WaterAid office in the particular country and also from our local partner organization who help manage the project. In many areas communications networks are very limited and coordinating visits takes a great deal of time. This takes up valuable time and resources which could instead be put to use helping more people gain access to safe water and sanitation.
We generally don't send volunteers overseas. Day to day project work is carried out by local organizations based in the countries where we work. These organizations mostly employ local staff, who in turn work very closely with communities so that they are also actively involved in the planning, building and maintenance of their projects. This local participation is vital to ensure the sustainability of water and sanitation projects, and also helps the future development of a country.
We are often looking for volunteers to help us in the USA, especially at our office in New York. Giving the gift of your time, energy and skills makes a valuable contribution towards our work. Voluntary positions are varied, but mostly focus on offering regular administrative support in our office. Volunteering for a nonprofit like WaterAid can be an ideal way to gain invaluable first hand knowledge and experience of working in the sector.
Find out about our current volunteering opportunities.All vacant WaterAid America positions are advertised here.The expense and administration involved in shipping materials to developing countries means than in most cases it is not cost effective for us to receive gifts in kind for use in our country programs. We also believe in sourcing as much hardware as possible from local areas, which gives local economies a much needed boost, saves on unnecessary air miles, makes maintenance simpler and helps develop the sense of local ownership of projects.
By raising funds for WaterAid you will help communities set up safe water supplies using low cost, appropriate technologies such as this rope pump in Ethiopia.
Credit: WaterAid / Kate Eshelby
The Zwyghuizen family organized a community-wide sponsored walk, raising more than $16,000 for WaterAid America.
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In 2008, Peter Moritzburke organized the first WaterAid Mountain Bike Ride in Marin, California. The event raised $3,000 - enough to build a well that provides water for 250-300 people - and was “such a blast” that the ride became an annual event.
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