WaterAid America

WaterAid America WaterAid has one goal: to change the world through clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene. Millions more are unable to attend school.

Clean, safe water is something most of us take for granted, but nearly 750 million people do not have access to it and 2.3 billion have nowhere safe and clean to go to the toilet. As a result, 1,400 children die every day from easily prevented diarrheal diseases. Millions of women are unable to work because they spend so much time caring for sick children, collecting water. Together with local organizations, WaterAid uses practical, sustainable solutions to provide safe water, effective sanitation and hygiene education to the poorest people in developing countries. WaterAid works with individuals and their families, paying special attention to the most vulnerable people, to help them set up, operate, manage and maintain their own projects.

Hindiya Abdulkadir works as a midwife nurse at Gada Tokuma Health Center in Ethiopia. The community she serves is largel...
09/24/2026

Hindiya Abdulkadir works as a midwife nurse at Gada Tokuma Health Center in Ethiopia. The community she serves is largely made up of displaced mothers from the Ethiopian Somali Region due to ethnic conflict. In the face of these challenges, Hindiya continues her work with compassion, ensuring that every mother receives care and dignity, because even in the hardest conditions, life must be protected.

Hindiya explains that additionally the center has two main challenges. “electricity and water. I empathize deeply with the mothers here, as many of them carry water on their backs even while pregnant. Sometimes, [the center staff] go without water for more than a week, which makes our work extremely difficult. Although electricity is also a challenge, the lack of water is the most serious issue. Water is essential for everything we do.”

The staff must source dirty water or else they buy it from other places when they can. The situation is unsustainable, putting health workers and patients at risk of infection.

Thanks to support from Caring | Church of Jesus Christ, WaterAid plans to replace the existing pipeline system, and extend the system, constructing 5 new public water distribution points.The project also plans to strengthen water management practices and promote livelihoods through small business development. All of these combined interventions will expand access to clean water and sanitation services, improve health outcomes, and foster economic resilience and social stability for the long-run.

After an accident, Tila was left with a physical disability, making it a challenge to get to the local village water poi...
09/21/2026

After an accident, Tila was left with a physical disability, making it a challenge to get to the local village water point in Nepal. Thanks to support from Anglian Water as part of WaterAid’s Beacon Project, Tila was able to install a tap at home. The joy this access gives her is evident.

“Now, this tap is here today. I'm the first one to receive it in this village. My soul wanted it. [...] I don't need to rely on others to quench my thirst.”

The Beacon Project aims to achieve sustainable and equitable municipality-wide universal water, sanitation and hygiene services, creating a model that can be replicated and scaled-up.

Before the Beacon project started, the Dalit community was not connected to the piped water network, relying instead on shared water points that were often few in number and far from their homes. Many pockets of the community depended on just one or two tubewells, which supplied poor quality water. Others relied on water from unprotected dug wells or surface water to bathe and wash their clothes and dishes.

We’re proud to help reach everyone, everywhere with life-changing access to accessible clean water.

09/17/2026

1 in 5 healthcare facilities in the world don't have clean water inside the facility. Imagine those odds when seeking care? World Patient Safety Day calls for action to improve patient safety - clean water is the solution.

With clean water in healthcare facilities:

💧 Staff can wash hands between procedures
💧 Infection spread is reduced
💧 Prevention is better than a cure: Investing in water, sanitation and hygiene in health centers could halve maternal infections and deaths for just $1 per capita, less than the cost of treating sepsis.

This spread the word that everyone, everywhere deserves clean water in their healthcare facility. With it patients can receive dignified and safe care, and health workers can practice in confidence.

09/17/2026

1 in 5 healthcare facilities in the world don’t have clean water inside the facility. Imagine those odds when seeking care?

World Patient Safety Day calls for action to improve patient safety - clean water is the solution.

With clean water in healthcare facilities:

💧 Staff can wash hands between procedures
💧 Infection spread is reduced
💧 Prevention is better than a cure: Investing in water, sanitation and hygiene in health centers could halve maternal infections and deaths for just $1 per capita, less than the cost of treating sepsis.

This spread the word that everyone, everywhere deserves clean water in their healthcare facility. With it patients can receive dignified and safe care, and health workers can practice in confidence.

Name some we missed! 💦
09/12/2026

Name some we missed! 💦

Donate now to help families recover: https://buff.ly/sb1bXSCHygiene kits are core to our emergency response and save liv...
09/03/2026

Donate now to help families recover: https://buff.ly/sb1bXSC

Hygiene kits are core to our emergency response and save lives. What's in them?

💧 Family Living Supplies ($25): This portion of the kit covers many of the elements a family might need during the recovery period. Everything in this section helps to make the situation sustainable in a basic way while repairs take place. Items include laundry supplies, flashlights and batteries, mosquito nets if applicable, reuseable water bottles and more.

💧 Basic Hygiene Supplies ($50): The hygiene portion of the hygiene kit covers the familar everyday items we all rely on to maintain basic hygiene. Items include dental supplies, hair brush or a comb, hand soap, multiple wash cloths, feminine hygiene products, underwear and diapers for very young children.

💧 Emergency Water Supplies ($81): The water portion of the hygiene kit often contains items like a storage bucket with a lid for safe water storage. Purification tablets to make sure the water is safe to drink. Oral re-hydration tablets to help people recover from dehydration in the immediate aftermath, cups and more.

WaterAid is calling for greater investment in climate-resilient water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) systems that can better withstand extreme weather events. Reliable water infrastructure, safe sanitation facilities, and strong disaster preparedness measures can help communities remain healthy and recover more quickly when disasters strike.

WaterAid continues to work alongside local partners, communities, and government authorities in Nepal and around the world to improve access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene services. Through these efforts, the organization aims to help communities not only meet their daily needs but also become more resilient to the growing impacts of climate change.

09/02/2026

The devastation in Nepal is hard to fathom. We are greatly relieved to share that WaterAid Nepal staff are safe, and that WaterAid’s work sites have not been impacted by the flash floods. Meanwhile, WaterAid Nepal is coordinating with local authorities to provide relief where possible. Originally from the affected region, WaterAid Nepal’s Country Director, Sudarshan Neupane, has been sharing important updates and working diligently to send help where it is most needed. Learn more about how you can help at the link in our bio: WaterAid America

Here's how access to clean water unlocks so much more than quenched thirst. 👇
08/26/2026

Here's how access to clean water unlocks so much more than quenched thirst. 👇

This we're sharing images from our work sites that prove that images can tell a thousand words. From striking water in...
08/19/2026

This we're sharing images from our work sites that prove that images can tell a thousand words. From striking water infrastructure, to the landscapes that feed water sources to people's homes, to the flow of water itself, we never take these sights for granted at how they impact people's lives day to day.

Access to clean water and decent toilets at school promotes dignity, self-reliance and the opportunity to educate one an...
08/17/2026

Access to clean water and decent toilets at school promotes dignity, self-reliance and the opportunity to educate one another about good hygiene.

Ms. Traoré Monique, is a teacher in a primary school in Burkina Faso. She’s observed much change in the student body of 264 students since the installation of reliable clean water access and decent toilets, all part of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ project to strengthen access to inclusive and climate-resilient water, sanitation and hygiene.

“Before the [WaterAid] project intervened in our school, there was not the necessary organization around hygiene but now there is the Denkan [water, sanitation and hygiene] club with sub-clubs. The awareness-raising and organization put in place promoted a change in behavior and the adoption of good hygiene practices in the school. Even the students no longer wait to be told to clean places, I mean the yard, the toilets, so on and so forth.”

Access to clean water unlocks more than just improved health, they offer meaningful change that unlocks a person’s dignity and sense of resilience.

WaterAid/ Basile Ouedraogo

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