Nurses, cleaners and doctors go above and beyond to treat their patients, but it’s not enough. All that commitment and hard work amounts to nothing when you don’t have something as basic as sinks, taps and clean water.
It doesn’t matter how much training you have, how many hours you work, how much you care about your patients. When dirty water is the only option you have, every effort to heal risks bringing harm. Health workers need clean water on tap to stay safe and save lives – because Water is Life.
This is where you come in
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Project Rendering (VIDEO)
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Why WaterAid?
WaterAid has been working to on water, sanitation and hygiene projects for more than 40 years. Thanks to thousands of people like you, we have reached 28.5 million people with clean water, 29 million people with decent toilets and 27.8 million people with hygiene education. We have a Platinum Seal of Transparency from GuideStar and have the highest ranking, (four stars) rating from Charity Navigator.
We're on a mission to reach 400 million more people with life-saving clean water in the next decade.
But we will need your help to do it.
Let's change this
Take a look at the impact of clean water in hospitals in the interactive experience below.
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"Our biggest problem here is lack of water."
—Manuel, hospital janitor, Mozambique
Clean water
Clean water
2 Billion people don't have clean water close to home. We work with communities to fix this, to provide lasting solutions so communities can break free from poverty.
Decent toilets
Decent toilets
1 in 3 people don't have a reliable toilet of their own. We're working with communities to build a local workforce that can install and maintain toilets.
Good hygiene
Good hygiene
Good hygiene and handwashing is one of the most effective ways of improving global health. That's why we have always supported hygiene education.