Three programs. One theory of change.
Water access creates the foundation. Sanitation reduces the disease burden. Economic resilience locks in the gains. We don’t do any one of these in isolation.
Core programs
Clean Water
Boreholes, hand-pumps, gravity-fed systems. Quality testing + 10-year maintenance contracts. Active in 220 villages.
About this program→Sanitation
Latrines, handwashing stations, school-based hygiene curriculum. Halves under-5 mortality where deployed.
About this program→Economic Resilience
Microloans, women-led cooperatives, business + livelihood training. 64% household-income lift in three years.
About this program→Specialty + emergency
Disaster response
Emergency clean-water deployment in floods + earthquakes. Mobile filtration, tankering, latrines.
About this program→Schools + clinics
Direct partnerships with 80+ schools and 22 clinics. Water + sanitation + hygiene training built into the school day.
About this program→Refugee settlement support
Working in two settlements in northern Uganda. Water + sanitation + women’s safe-spaces. With UNHCR partnership.
About this program→Climate-resilience research
Drought-tolerant agriculture pilots in three Sahel villages. With Cornell + ICRISAT.
About this program→Women-led savings groups
Self-administered savings + microloan groups, 60+ active. Average loan of $180 with 96% repayment.
About this program→Maintenance cooperatives
The unglamorous program that makes everything else last. Every village we partner with has a paid local maintenance team.
About this program→Want to fund a specific program?
Designate your gift to any program above. We send quarterly impact reports for designated gifts over $500.