why water?
why water?
Clean water is key to ending poverty, but nearly 1 in 5 people across Uganda faces severe water shortages.
clean water unlocks radical community transformation
Education
Less time spent walking for water means more time spent in classrooms for boys and girls. But because the burden of water collection and treatment is heaviest for girls, just reducing water collection time by half is enough to increase girls’ school attendance by 3.5% in rural areas.¹
Time & income
Water access redeems productive time for adults, so much so that the World Health Organization says 70% of the benefits from an improved water source come from the productivity that can be leveraged when people reinvest time that would have been spent walking for water into income-generating activities.²
health
Clean water access means less diarrheal disease, less stunting and malnutrition, and fewer deaths—particularly of children under 5, for whom diarrhea is the 2nd leading cause of death worldwide. And when people have more abundant acess to clean water, they can have better hygiene, which is critical to preventing disease.³
Economics
Water access is at the heart of macroeconomic growth because it frees resources and indirectly boosts human capital. Underdeveloped countries with improved water and sanitation services experience GDP growth at a rate of 3.7% per capita per year. Comparable countries without these services only grow at a rate of 0.1% per year.⁴
women & girls
The water crisis affects every person, regardless of age or gender. But it has a disproportionate impact on women and girls, who the UN estimates spend at least twice as much time—and in some regions, up to nine times as much time—collecting water than men.⁵
freedom
When clean water access becomes reliable, everyone benefits. They can work or go to school instead of spending hours fetching surface water. They take the money they save from purchasing firewood to boil water and invest it in a small business. They can spend their days healthy & empowered to pursue their dreams.²
3. Pickering, Amy J. and Jennifer Davis. (2012) Freshwater Availability and Water Fetching Disease Affect Child Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
5. UNICEF. (2016) UNICEF: Collecting water is often a colossal waste of time for women and girls
unlock radical community transformation
Education
Less time spent walking for water means more time spent in classrooms for boys and girls. But because the burden of water collection and treatment is heaviest for girls, just reducing water collection time by half is enough to increase girls’ school attendance by 3.5% in rural areas.¹
Time & income
Water access redeems productive time for adults, so much so that the World Health Organization says 70% of the benefits from an improved water source come from the productivity that can be leveraged when people reinvest time that would have been spent walking for water into income-generating activities.²
health
Clean water access means less diarrheal disease, less stunting and malnutrition, and fewer deaths—particularly of children under 5, for whom diarrhea is the 2nd leading cause of death worldwide. And when people have more abundant acess to clean water, they can have better hygiene, which is critical to preventing disease.³
Economics
Water access is at the heart of macroeconomic growth because it frees resources and indirectly boosts human capital. Underdeveloped countries with improved water and sanitation services experience GDP growth at a rate of 3.7% per capita per year. Comparable countries without these services only grow at a rate of 0.1% per year.⁴
women & girls
The water crisis affects every person, regardless of age or gender. But it has a disproportionate impact on women and girls, who the UN estimates spend at least twice as much time—and in some regions, up to nine times as much time—collecting water than men.⁵
freedom
When clean water access becomes reliable, everyone benefits. They can work or go to school instead of spending hours fetching surface water. They take the money they save from purchasing firewood to boil water and invest it in a small business. They can spend their days healthy & empowered to pursue their dreams.²
proven clean water solutions
proven clean water solutions
You’ll bring your passion, we’ll bring our expertise. With over a decade of experience under our belt, giving water & giving life in Uganda is easy for you when we work together.
Our passion and focus may be clean water, but we’re all playing on the same team to see the world become a better place for current and future generations. That’s why we make sure our work aligns with as many of the United Nations’ broader sustainable development goals as possible.
Our passion and focus may be clean water, but we’re all playing on the same team to see the world become a better place for current and future generations. That’s why we make sure our work aligns with as many of the United Nations’ broader sustainable development goals as possible.
