Cost-effective water and sanitation solutions

Safe drinking water is a fundamental human need. Yet 884 million people (most of them living on less than $2 a day) lack access to safe water near their homes for drinking, cooking, and washing. More than twice as many, 2.5 billion – nearly 40 percent of the planet’s population – do not have access to improved sanitation.

WaterAid works with local partners to address the specific water and sanitation needs of individual communities in Africa and Asia. Our approach emphasizes:

• low-cost solutions
• community management
• local capacity building
• sustainability

Our programs result in long-term benefits that go beyond improving health – poverty is reduced and lives are transformed when women can grow food or work to earn money instead of searching for water all day and children are well enough to attend school.

You can help by making a generous contribution today. We’ll use your gift to help local communities plan, build, manage and maintain cost-effective water and sanitation solutions.

For more than 25 years we’ve taken the lead in developing, piloting and promoting innovative ways of working.

WaterAid is dedicated to saving lives in the poorest and most marginalized communities by focusing on the basic human rights to clean water and adequate sanitation. This past year we helped over 1.1 million people in Africa and Asia gain access to safe water and over two million to improved sanitation. Many more are seeking our assistance in the coming year.

Please help us deliver sustainable water and sanitation solutions to those most in need. Your contribution will ensure that many families don’t have to wait another year to enjoy clean water and sanitation.