Providing safe drinking water to some of the poorest most marginalised people in the developing world

Your donation will provide a safe drinking water supply to a rural community and produce tangible health and education impacts to the lives of thousands of people

The Water Crisis

In many rural areas, people rely on surface, open unprotected water sources (sometimes shared with livestock) for everything they do - drinking, cooking, washing and living.

Preventable water-borne diseases such as typhoid, cholera, dysentery and diarrhoea are reported highly in rural areas due to drinking contaminated water. These illnesses also result in reduced energy for livelihoods and community development.

Lack of access to clean water means that thousands of people living in rural areas are stuck in a poverty cycle unable to meet basic needs to improve living conditions.

The burden of water collection is typically tasked to women and children, who can travel up to 4 hours every day many kilometres from where they live.

Every day thousands of students head to schools with no clean water supplies. Without access to water, education is almost impossible.

Our solution

Location

We assess need in collaboration with partners, communities and government agencies ensuring that communities with the highest need receive a water well

Accessible

We locate our wells within 300mtrs of village households where people live saving recipients time on water collection creating economic growth

Sustainable

Our community recipients are given complete ownership of their water resource and provided comprehensive training on well management

Suitable

Our water supply designs use suitable technical scope and water delivery methods so that recipients can manage breakdowns

Your Solution

Sponsor a water well

1 well impacts 1,000's of lives

We match our donors to the most needy water scarcity communities

Health Project

Sponsor a water supply to a village or health care facility

Village populations range from 500 to 2000 and health facilities impact a broader community of 30,000 people or more.

Education Project

Sponsor a water supply to a school

Rural school enrollments range from 250 to 2000 pupils. Primary and Secondary Schools have a broad community impact as rural schools are often the heart of community life.

Conservation Project

Sponsor a water supply to a village in a conservation area.

Providing a water supply to a village away from a water source where both people and wildlife use it reduces human and wildlife conflict over water resources.

Ethiopia - from US$10,000 per well for hand dug rehabilitation wells in the Berano District, Somali Region

Uganda - from US$1,350 per well for hand dug wells in north & west rural regions

India - from US$1,900 for Drilled wells in the Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh State

Nepal - from US$11,000 per village for clean water sources to remote earthquake effected areas

Tanzania - from US$3,000 for piped water systems to remote rural Maasai villages in Kilimanjaro region

Malawi - from US$10,000 per well for drilled wells in rural villages in Nkhotakota National Park district

Impacts and Testimonials

Together with our amazing donors, BridgIT has invested over $1.7 million, installed over 260 facilities and helped more than 680,000 people receive a safe water supply

These testimonials prove that your aid money IS having an impact and making a quantifiable difference dispelling the myth that foreign aid is a waste of money.

KEEP based in Kathmandu is very proud to partner with BridgIT Water working for the betterment of the rural lives of Nepal.
BridgIT's support has been ongoing to the rural schools and communities to establish access to safe drinking water. These efforts have encouraged communities to work towards their next stage in development. Young girls attending school have been participating in class more frequently encouraged by improved water facilities. Following 2 major earthquakes in 2015.

"We are happy with the water hand pump aided by BridgIT Water. Previously we were going across the rough fields to get water from bore-wells. It was taking half hour to go and return. Now, as the hand pump is installed it is taking just 5 minutes. We can use the time saved for working & earning our livelihoods thus reducing our poverty level.

Suubi Community Projects Uganda has been partnering with BridgIT to address the water challenges in the rural villages of Nabaale, Mukono district in Central Uganda. At the time when we applied for support, access in this region was at less than 30%, now it is improved to above 80%.
Nearly 4 years of programs, BridgIT has constructed safe water wells for 100 villages, 40 Schools & 7 Health Centres impacting 200,000 people. The incidence of water-borne diseases especially in children has reduced.

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