Fundraising ideas for schools

Students won’t be able to resist treating their taste buds while donating to a good cause.

Showcase the talent of students while raising money for WaterAid.

Encourage your students to collect empty beverage containers and bring them to recycler for cash.

By designing cards, this fundraiser allows students to engage in creative thinking to visually represent what the water and sanitation crisis means to them.

Put your spare change to good use! Set a goal for your school or classroom and have your students fill a jerry can with change.

Host a fundraising dinner and unite your school community over a good meal, for a great cause. Have students do research and prepare a presentation about the global water and sanitation crisis and the work of WaterAid.

You can feel good about letting go of your treasures when the proceeds are benefitting WaterAid!

Donate $1 to dress up in blue, paint your face blue or wear a water-themed costume. Try a pirate or a mermaid!

Host a Global Water Crisis Awareness’ campaign. Focus the week's lessons on clean water, sanitation and hygiene and accept donations during each lunch period for the week.

Children are sponsored for the number of books read.

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade! Raise awareness and funds for the global water crisis.

Organize a sponsored walk (or cycle) for your class (or the whole school!) and experience what it’s like to walk for water every day, while raising money for WaterAid. This is a great event for World Water Day (March 22).

Do more people have a mobile phone or access to water? Find out in our fun quiz, and ask everyone to donate $1 to take part.

Celebrate the inspirational women and girls at your school with an International Women's Day event.

Celebrate the goodness of water and learn about the global water crisis with a day dedicated to water.

Break the taboos around menstrual hygiene and start the conversation about periods with a special day in May. Another good hygiene themed day is Global Handwashing Day on 15 October.

This might be the only day of the year that you can get away with toilet humor at school. Start the conversation about the importance of sanitation with a toilet-inspired school activity.