Give the gift of clean water
It all starts with clean water
Imagine if you had to walk three hours each day to collect water for cooking, cleaning and drinking.
Imagine if you had to walk three hours each day to collect water for cooking, cleaning and drinking.
Now imagine the only water available could make you and your loved ones sick.
And if you needed to go to hospital - the doctors and nurses treating you were unable to wash their hands properly. Because there isn’t any running water.
We are here to change that.
Include some top-level statistics on this block? Like we have on our home page?
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Lim and Sreynich key statistic.
Lim's story
75 year-old Ouch Lim lives in a rural community in Cambodia. She is the main caregiver for her great-granddaughter, baby Sreynich.
Recent droughts have left the local wells dry. Now Lim has no choice but to collect contaminated water from a nearby pond.
It’s the only water she and the baby have for drinking, cooking and cleaning.
Ouch Lim, 74, feeds her great-grandaughter Sreynich in Cambodia, February 2023
Ouch Lim, 74, feeds her great-grandaughter Sreynich in Cambodia, February 2023
´ I feel sad to drink the water…I think that viruses come from the plastic bags in the water'
With your support we can install deeper wells in communities like Lim’s to reach the clean groundwater below. That way- no one will have to drink milky pond water.
Map graphic to give some geographic context?
Sandra and Novia key statistic
Sandra and Novia's story
Sandra and Novia live at the top of a steep, rugged mountain in Timor-Leste. In the dry season, they face a dangerous three hour trek to collect river water for their family each day.
Often there is not enough water for the whole community. The girls wake at 3 am and walk down the mountain in the dark to queue for water. They simply have no choice.
We are scared when we just go alone so sometimes our father comes too.
On a good day, Sandra and Novia will arrive in time to find water. They each carry two jerry cans back up the slippery mountain paths. The journey often makes them late to school and too tired to learn.
Children living without clean water pay the highest price. It robs them of time to learn and to thrive. Worst of all a child dies every two minutes from diseases related to drinking dirty water. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
"My dream is to finish school and get a job abroad"
Since 1981 we have focused on three essential things: clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene….
Together with supporters like you and our partners, we have reached over 28 million people with clean water.
But we won’t stop until everyone, everywhere has clean water close to home.
How we work
When you join the WaterAid community, you are helping to create lasting, sustainable change, not short-term fixes.
· We work with low-cost and locally-sourced tools and technology
· We help communities to adapt to the impact of climate change- for example through drought and flood-resistant water systems
· We work in partnership with local communities, organisations and decision-makers
· We share our knowledge and expertise to scale up and reach even more people.
Your monthly gift will support work in Cambodia, Timor-Leste and Papua New Guinea.
Over the next year working with our partners we plan to reach:
70,000 people in Cambodia’s poorest communities with access to new water services.
4,000 people living in informal settlements in Papua New Guinea with access to new water services
8 Healthcare facilities in Timor Leste with better access to clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene.
And those are just some examples of what your support can help us achieve!
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