Other resources

Find out all about the countries we work in with our full colour country information sheets.

Country information sheets

These are ideal teaching and research materials for both the classroom and the home. Download yours today to find out the facts about some of the poorest countries in the world.

Bangladesh ( PDF 272Kb) 
Burkina Faso ( PDF 656Kb) 
Ethiopia ( PDF 305Kb) 
Ghana ( PDF 320Kb) 
India ( PDF 326Kb) 
Madagascar ( PDF 331Kb)
Malawi ( PDF 312Kb) 
Mali ( PDF 294Kb) 
Mozambique ( PDF 319Kb)   
Nepal ( PDF 657Kb) 
Nigeria ( PDF 306Kb) 
Tanzania ( PDF 1.4Mb)
Uganda ( PDF 476Kb)
Zambia ( PDF 717Kb) 

Development issue sheets

Want to find out the difference between a tubewell and a borehole? What about how water is related to reading and writing?

Read about all the problems, and the solutions with these clear and comprehensive information sheets. They will give you all the background information you need on water related issues in the developing world. They are equally readable for pupils and teachers alike and their glossy format makes them an invaluable educational tool. Download our development issue sheets here and open up a new world of understanding.  

Advocacy issue sheet (  PDF 407Kb)
Children and WaterAid issue sheet ( PDF 456Kb) 
Community participation issue sheet (  PDF 411Kb)
Diseases issue sheet (  PDF 196Kb)
Hygiene education issue sheet (  PDF 208Kb)
Sanitation issue sheet (  PDF 438Kb)
Technology issue sheet ( PDF 787Kb) 
Urban work issue sheet (  PDF 408Kb)
Water supply technology issue sheet (  PDF 45Kb)
Water, sanitation and poverty reduction issue sheet ( PDF 102Kb)
Wider impact issue sheet ( PDF 922Kb)
Women and WaterAid issue sheet ( PDF 404Kb) 
Working with partners issue sheet (  PDF 133Kb)

GlobalWise Hitosa game
For this activity we have wound back the clock to 1996. You have just been appointed the Virtual Project Manager for the Hitosa water supply project in Ethiopia and your job is to work with the local people, and the world, to create the water supply scheme.

Race against global poverty game  (opens in new window)
This fun quiz game from the Department for International Development (DFID) will require you to wear your thinking cap at all times...

Case studies of children

These real life examples help illustrate the importance of water and sanitation in helping children and young adults live safer and happier lives. Each age group category allows you to meet children from developing countries and hear about how access to water, sanitation and hygiene education has affected their lives.

Meet children aged four to seven
Meet children aged seven to eleven
Meet children aged eleven to fourteen
Meet children aged fourteen to eighteen

Teaching packs

Water Splash (early years teaching pack) ( PDF 600Kb)

WaterAid's new resource for the early years is a 16 page colour booklet with eight colourful posters and is packed full with information and activities on water. The pack is designed for children in the early years and is recommended by the National Day Nurseries Association.

Download your copy of the Water Splash teaching pack today
( PDF 600Kb)

Download the set of 8 Water Splash posters (PDF 2.5Mb)

WaterLiterate (KS2 teaching pack) ( PDF 930Kb)

An informative and user-friendly teaching pack designed for use in the literacy hour for a three-week unit of work, it enable teachers to introduce a topical and international perspective to pupils' literacy work, and gives them the opportunity to learn about the lives of the millions of people around the world who do not have access to clean water.

The pack consists of a 24 page teacher's booklet and two sets of eight A5 photographs and is FREE to download.

Download your copy of the WaterLiterate teaching pack today ( PDF 930Kb)

Please note, these resources are only available to download from the website. We regret that hard copies of these packs are no longer available.