Access to clean water

Changes lives

THE WATER PROBLEM

 

OVER HALF THE POPULATION OF SOUTH ASIA

LACKS ACCESS TO BASIC SANITATION.

The need to carry water from long distances contributes to child labor, human trafficking, and extreme poverty. 

Why the need for wells /hand pumps?

For many of us, access to clean water is simply a case of turning on a tap (faucet) or purchasing bottles at a local store but for many people in the world today life is not so straight-forward, with many denied access to safe drinking water through poverty, poor infrastructure or prejudice. These people are usually the most vulnerable and are made more so as they often have to walk long distances to collect water every day, sometimes several times each day, for their family's needs.

OUR TRACK RECORD

 

WIN has installed 

over 300 wells and hand pumps. 

 

PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN 

DRAMATICALLY ELEVATED:

45,000 AND COUNTING 

 

 

WIN'S SOLUTION

WIN's expert native well drilling team members review proposals submitted by villages in need of water. They then travel to those villages and survey to verify the need and identify an apropriate location for future well. Factors considered include access of the water to all people regardless of class or income level, and proximity of possible ground water pollutants. 

The cost of boring a well is beyond the capacity of many villages. Though WIN provides this funding, we also require the villagers to have skin in the game. They contribute the land where the well is situatied, assist with the boring, and provide food and accommodation to those managing the project. Local contribution is essential, empowering the people and giving them dignity. 

Once bored, the well is owned by the villagers. WIN Water team members teach the villagers how to maintain this valuable resource. 

SPONSOR WATER!

HAND PUMPS

$2,500 can provide a new well and hand pump, solving the drinking and sanitation problems for an entire village. 

GRAVITY-FEED SYSTEMS

Gravity feed water systems in hilly areas additionally provide irrigation and water for animals, thus also virtually ending child slavery and systemic poverty. $35,000 sponsors a water system for a village of 40-80 homes.  

Development

Donations in Development are allocated for Well drilling and water systems, solar lights, vocational and skills training institutes, micro finance and small business start-ups, community health and rural development initiatives including aids awareness and prevention.