When a community gets clean water for the first time, it’s the start of something truly life-changing.

Right now, millions of people living in some of the lowest-income countries in the world don't have clean water to drink, decent toilets to use or good hygiene to protect themselves. Without these basics, overcoming poverty is just a dream.

But when you help WaterAid dig a well or install a tap in a community, you're changing the lives of people in these communities, for the better.

Our mission doesn't stop there. We provide communities with the tools and training to maintain their water source, like Adana in Sierra Leone.

" I’m so happy because if anybody comes and asks to have their pump mended, then here they say ‘we have a woman mechanic here that can mend your pump’. I feel so proud."

Image: WaterAid/ Neil Wissink

771 million people in the world – one in ten – do not have clean water close to home.

We'll keep working until everyone, everywhere has clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene. But we can’t do it without you.

Will you help change lives today?

WaterAid has teams in 28 countries across the world, working with our partners to transform millions of lives every year by improving access to clean water, toilets and hygiene.

Since 1981, we’ve reached over 27 million people with clean water. But we can’t stop there.

In the last 39 years, we’ve gone from strength to strength to become one of the most respected organisations dealing solely with water, sanitation and hygiene issues.

While installing taps and toilets is essential to our work, we do so much more. We convince governments to change laws, link policy makers with people on the ground, pool knowledge and resources and rally support from people and organisations around the world, making lasting change happen on a massive scale.

Regular gifts provide us with sustainable income so we can plan projects and commit to helping more people.