The number of people we reached in 2023

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576,663 homes with better hygiene facilities

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6,682 schools with clean water

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840,583 health facilities with decent toilets

We won’t stop until everyone, everywhere has clean water

Ganga, 18 months, drinks a glass of clean water with grandmother, Shyamoli, Bhetkhali, Satkhira, Bangladesh. June 2023.

Who we are

We're an international not-for-profit organisation, determined to make clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone, everywhere.

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Pravati Rani, 30, drinking a glass of clean water from the Reverse Osmosis Plant, Borokuput, Shyamnagar, Bangladesh. June 2023.

What we do

We work with our supporters, partners and local communities so that everyone around the world has clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene.

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Roton, 24, with daughter, Shippa, 5, Kolbari, Bangaldesh. June 2023.

Where your money goes

Your generous support changes lives. Every donation you make brings us one step closer to a world where everyone has access to their basic human rights of clean water and decent toilets.

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We all need clean water, no matter who or where we are.

By 2040, 1 in 4 children will be living in places where there is not enough water.

We can't change the weather, but we can change its impact. We must adapt so communities can access clean water even in a climate crisis.

Image: WaterAid/ Fabeha Monir

703 million people are still living without clean water close to home.

Working alongside communities, we won’t stop until everyone, everywhere has access to clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene.

Image: WaterAid/ Fabeha Monir

1in10 don't have clean water – and climate change is making it worse.

Dramatic flips between floods and drought are threatening fragile water sources, making life even harder for those on the front lines of climate change.

Image: WaterAid/ Nana Kofi Acquah

There are lots of ways you can help us reach communities around the world with clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene.

The clean water taps in the village help me be on time for school and the good hygiene keeps us healthy.
Tsehaynesh, Ethiopia

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