Help Fund a Water Project

Together, we can unlock potential in a developing community by providing clean, safe water.
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  • 3.575 million people die each year from water-related disease.
  • The water and sanitation crisis claims more lives through disease than any war claims through guns.
  • An American taking a five-minute shower uses more water than a typical person in a developing country slum uses in a whole day.
  • Only 62% of the world’s population has access to improved sanitation – defined as a sanitation facility that ensures hygienic separation of human excreta from human contact. 

    • When I realized that Americans spend $450 Billion on Christmas gifts that will end up in the landfill, while 1 in 8 people in the world do not have clean, disease-free water to drink, my conscience just wouldn't let me ignore it!

    If everyone would just reduce their Christmas spending by a measly 4% and give that money to build wells, the problem would be solved. 

    I'm not rich. My kids don't get much for Christmas, but they do have Christ, and they also have water to drink!


    Who's Helping?

    Will You Join Us in Giving Clean, Safe Water?
    DateDonorAmountMessage
    12/25/11Rick Turnquist$50.00
    12/14/11Rebecca Rohrbaugh$500.00
    12/14/11Diana Wong$50.00Go, Susan, go!
    12/13/11Melissa Mahan$25.00
    12/13/11Susan Puetz$20.00
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    Why It Matters

    Access to clean, safe water unlocks potential

    Did you know nearly 1 billion people don't have safe water to drink?

    Together, we can change that. Let's fund a new source of drinking water for those who suffer needlessly without it!

    Our gifts will be used to construct or rehabilitate a water project, like a well or sand dam, in Africa. We'll see pictures, GPS coordinates, and updates as they come in from the actual water project we fund so we can celebrate the results along with the community we help.


    About The Water Project

    The Water Project, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization unlocking human potential by providing clean, safe water to communities around the world who suffer needlessly without.

    Working with local partners in countries like Kenya, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Uganda, we build long lasting water projects that are organized, owned and managed by the communities receiving them.

    Together, with our partners we identify, implement, report on and follow up on every project. Then we share the whole story with you to inspire confidence in the work being done and the impact it has.