
Our Impact
Each year, we get closer to a world where everyone, everywhere has clean water.
Together, we make the biggest impact.
So far, we have directly reached...
28.9 million
people with clean water.
29.2 million
people with decent toilets.
28.7 million
people with good hygiene.



So far, we have directly reached 28.9 million people with clean water
29.2 million people with decent toilets
28.7 million people with good hygiene


Each year, we work with communities so they can change their lives for good.
This year was no different.


Each year, we work with communities so they can change their lives for good.
This year was no different.
We reached over 680,000 people directly with clean water.

436,711
people in communities.
74,844
school children and teachers.
686,699
people in healthcare facilities.
144,839
people through public facilities.


One of those people was Gita Roy.
Entrepreneurial women and climate-resilience
Gita lives in Kadakathi, Bangladesh. The villages in this area are surrounded by ocean and have no access to safe drinking water due to the intrusion of salt water.
The community were forced to drink from rivers and ponds, often resulting in outbreaks of diarrhoea and dysentery.
Thanks to Gita's leadership and support from WaterAid Bangladesh, a Reverse Osmosis Water Plant was built, which now serves hundreds of families in Kadakathi.
The plant is entirely run by the Golap Mohila Don, a team of ten women from the village who earn an income through working at the plant.
Nobody really knew about the reverse osmosis process and we never imagined that we, a few women ourselves, could run this entire plant on our own.
As a proud mother of two school-going children, Gita hopes to empower more women from her community to ensure access to clean water for all.
Gita Roy with another member of the Golap Dol Lolita in front of the Maricchap Reverse Osmosis Water Plant at Tengrakhali village, Bangladesh.
Gita Roy with another member of the Golap Dol Lolita in front of the Maricchap Reverse Osmosis Water Plant at Tengrakhali village, Bangladesh.
Gita Roy with another member of the Golap Dol Lolita in front of the Maricchap Reverse Osmosis Water Plant at Tengrakhali village, Bangladesh.
Gita Roy with another member of the Golap Dol Lolita in front of the Maricchap Reverse Osmosis Water Plant at Tengrakhali village, Bangladesh.
Gita Roy with another member of the Golap Dol Lolita in front of the Maricchap Reverse Osmosis Water Plant at Tengrakhali village, Bangladesh.
Gita Roy with another member of the Golap Dol Lolita in front of the Maricchap Reverse Osmosis Water Plant at Tengrakhali village, Bangladesh.
Entrepreneurial women and climate-resilience
Gita lives in Kadakathi, Bangladesh. The villages in this area are surrounded by ocean and have no access to safe drinking water due to the intrusion of salt water.
The community were forced to drink from rivers and ponds, often resulting in outbreaks of diarrhoea and dysentery.
Thanks to Gita's leadership and support from WaterAid Bangladesh, a Reverse Osmosis Water Plant was built, which now serves hundreds of families in Kadakathi.
The plant is entirely run by the Golap Mohila Don, a team of ten women from the village who earn an income through working at the plant.
Nobody really knew about the reverse osmosis process and we never imagined that we, a few women ourselves, could run this entire plant on our own.
As a proud mother of two school-going children, Gita hopes to empower more women from her community to ensure access to clean water for all.
We reached over 860,000 people directly with decent toilets.

252,599
people in communities.
106,100
school children and teachers.
860,894
people in healthcare facilities.
20,059
people through public facilities.


Fidèle, Abdoul and Youssoufa's school in Burkina Faso got a brand new toilet block in 2023.
Safe school toilets
Almost 400 children, including Fidèle, 12, Abdoul,13 and Youssoufa, 13, go to Basgana A school in Zoundwéogo province, Burkina Faso.
With funding from UNICEF and support from WaterAid Burkina Faso, the primary school now has new and improved toilet blocks built with gender equality, safe hygiene practices and the vulnerabilities of users in mind.
We were told about the importance of cleanliness for our health and the good behaviour we should adopt.
We have to clean up the dirt in the schoolyard, we have to use the latrines and clean them properly, and we also have to wash our hands regularly with clean water and soap.
There is also a safe space for menstrual hygiene management beside the girls' toilet block and we ran awareness-building sessions for parents, teachers and pupils.
At our school, we help girls who are having their period.
Damata, Youssoufa, Alizeta, Alimata Zongo (teacher), Nafissatou, Fidele, Nadege in a classroom at Basgana’s school A, Burkina Faso.
Damata, Youssoufa, Alizeta, Alimata Zongo (teacher), Nafissatou, Fidele, Nadege in a classroom at Basgana’s school A, Burkina Faso.
Aida and Fidèle sitting together at Basgana’s school A, Burkina Faso.
Aida and Fidèle sitting together at Basgana’s school A, Burkina Faso.
Safe school toilets
Almost 400 children, including Fidèle, 12, Abdoul,13 and Youssoufa, 13, go to Basgana A school in Zoundwéogo province, Burkina Faso.
With funding from UNICEF and support from WaterAid Burkina Faso, the primary school now has new and improved toilet blocks built with gender equality, safe hygiene practices and the vulnerabilities of users in mind.
We were told about the importance of cleanliness for our health and the good behaviour we should adopt.
There is also a safe space for menstrual hygiene management beside the girls' toilet block and we ran awareness-building sessions for parents, teachers and pupils.
At our school, we help girls who are having their period.
We've reached over 870,000 people directly with good hygiene.

Promoting hygiene through immunisation in Nepal
Routine immunisation programmes are
an ideal opportunity to raise awareness of safe hygiene practices.
We realised we could use children's vaccination appointments to spread important information about good hygiene.
With support from WaterAid and partners, the Government of Nepal scaled up its Hygiene Promotion through Routine Immunisation programme. With our guidance, they increased the share of the budget for hygiene intervention activities by 3%.
Through the programme, more than 1,700 new health workers received hygiene promotion training and more than 13,000 had a refresher.
We assisted in the procurement of 20,000 new hygiene promotion packages and 400,000 take-home materials to reinforce and prompt hygiene behaviours.
By annually engaging around 530,000 mothers or guardians, we are working towards a world where good hygiene becomes the norm.
With continued training and education, we can ensure the continued impact and scale of this government-led work for years to come.
Promoting hygiene through immunisation in Nepal
Routine immunisation programmes are
an ideal opportunity to raise awareness of safe hygiene practices.
We realised we could use children's vaccination appointments to spread important information about good hygiene.
With support from WaterAid and partners, the Government of Nepal scaled up its Hygiene Promotion through Routine Immunisation programme. With our guidance, they increased the share of the budget for hygiene intervention activities by 3%.
Through the programme, more than 1,700 new health workers received hygiene promotion training and more than 13,000 had a refresher.
We assisted in the procurement of 20,000 new hygiene promotion packages and 400,000 take-home materials to reinforce and prompt hygiene behaviours.
By annually engaging around 530,000 mothers or guardians, we are working towards a world where good hygiene becomes the norm.
With continued training and education, we can ensure the continued impact and scale of this government-led work for years to come.
And we keep going...
With your support, we continue to work with communities so they have sustainable and safe water, sanitation and hygiene.
We won't stop until everyone, everywhere has access to these basic human rights.
