The Water Project, Inc. is a charity dedicated to helping provide clean, safe water to those who suffer needlessly without it.
You can help! Join us. Learn about the water crisis and how you can get involved.
Water & Health »
Dirty water makes people sick. Hospitals and medical clinics can't help without it. Learn about how health is linked to clean water.
Water & Education »
If you're sick, you can't go school. If you're too busy fetching water, you can't study. Safe water helps students achieve more. Discover how.
Water & Hunger »
It's easy to forget that without access to water, it's much harder to grow food. Find out how a well can free a family from the worry of hunger.
Water & Poverty »
Without food to eat, an education and decent health, poverty is inevitable. Read about the link between water and poverty, and how to help.

Every donation to The Water Project is linked to a specific project, no matter how much you give. But, if you'd like to sponsor an entire project on your own, or with your school or church, we want to help!

One of the best ways to help is to rally your friends and family. And we're making that easy. Setup your own page in minutes. Celebrate a birthday, run a race.

Find a group of friends. Commit to a two-week challenge. We'll provide all the resources you need, for free. You bring the will power. Together, we'll change lives.
Interested in getting your church involved? Learn how you can help organize your team.
Individuals, small groups, schools and families all around the world are helping fund new water wells and other water projects. You can too!
We've built the tools you need to make a real impact. Jump in today. We need your voice.
See what happpens when water comes to village.
Watch as potential is unlocked and hope is restored.
You can reach us via email at:
info (at) thewaterproject.org
Our Mailing Address:
The Water Project, Inc.
PO Box 3353
Concord, NH 03302
Our Offices:
4 Bicentennial Square
3rd Floor
Concord, NH 03301
Tel +1 704-918-1804
Fax +1 704-200-9812
Our unique system let's you track your donation to a specific project. You'll follow it from construction, to water flowing, and into the future as we check up on it.
We prove it all with maps, pictures and stories from the community you support, connecting you to the people you help.
Completing the installation of a pump is not the end of a project - it is actually only the beginning! It is important that there are follow up community education workshops, to reinforce the hygiene and sanitation messages that were taught earlier, as well as to train people on how to look after and maintain their water source.
As education is being reviewed and general maintenance discussed, the team is also working to finalize the installation by testing the water quality and filing any necessary government paperwork reporting that the well is completed.
Once this is done, the project is officially handed-over to the community, usually with some kind of ceremony. The water project is complete and a new chapter in the story of a community begins.
« Previous Step: Installing the Well | Next Step: Monitoring and Evaluation »
“Thank you for the lives you are saving. Your project was hard but every time I wanted to quit I thought about other people dying without clean water. I felt more closer to God after the challenge, but I had to put their lives before mine.”
- Elijah, 6th grade
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