The Water Project

Providing Access to Clean Drinking Water, with Your Help!

These photos are from just a few of the water projects we've been working on in Kenya, Cameroon, India, and Zambia.

The video is from our recent trip to Kenya to see what your gifts have done!

We're not done yet...

Because seeing is believing...

For every project we complete, we document the work with location data (usually GPS), a field report and photos. You can give with confidence, knowing that 100% of your donation goes to actual construction costs.

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Projects Raising Funds

Well repair in Zambia

Wells for Schools: Kenya

Biosand filters in Cameroon

Recently Completed Projects

Makivenzi Well	Nzatani Water Tank	Cameroon Biosand Filters
New Wells in India	Well Repair in Zambia	New Well in India

Projects Under Construction

Eburenga School Well

Ngiini Weir

Kakalya Weir

Learn about Project Types

Rain Water Harvesting

Biosand Water Filters

Sand Dams (Weirs)

Typical Water Project Goals:

Access to Water within 1 km (half-mile)
50 litres per person/day
Clean, Filtered & Disinfected Water
Sustainability
Community Ownership and Management

The water comes from rainwater harvesting techniques and/or water wells. Where water is available, but diseased and dirty, we're also using Biosand water filtration. These systems include the construction of weirs (small sand dams that capture water during the seasonal periods of rain) and roof-top rainwater catchment systems using gutters and pipes on large buildings like schools and churches. Once collected in tanks, the water can be filtered, disinfected and distributed to communities and schools.

These water projects are designed to help people who currently walk several kilometres a day to collect often dirty, diseased water. In Cameroon, water can now be cleaned right in the home!

By joining us and donating what you can, you will help eliminate water scarcity in these communities.

Read More About the how projects work...

The Water Project, Inc. is a public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Donations are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.