Providing a safe water supply to a rural village saves lives by reducing water-borne diseases
Water is a basic need that too many go without
Did you know that according to the World Health Organisation, 1 in 9 people world wide do not have access to safe and clean drinking water? In fact, in developing countries, as much as 80% of illnesses are linked to poor water and sanitation conditions. The link between access to safe water and the overall health status of people is undeniable.
Water and sanitation strategies form an essential part of poverty reduction, especially to rural communities, and can break the poverty cycle and alleviate preventable water-borne diseases.
How BridgIT Water helps
The focus of BridgIT Water Foundation is to provide safe drinking water to some of the poorest, most marginalised people in rural communities in developing countries. Delivering suitable, accessible and sustainable water solutions within each rural community relieves the economic and health burdens associated with walking long distances to collect water from open, contaminated and often dangerous sources by providing essential, safe, drinking water to communities in desperate need of access to clean water.
The well being and health of children and women is the central theme of all our programs. Education and enterprise are the key to sustainable and self perpetuating development. BridgIT Water believes in empowering communities to create their own solutions to free them from the constant search for water.
How you can get involved
BridgIT Water has impacted more than 230,000 people worldwide with clean safe water
Unsafe water causes death and disease.
If your only water supply was out of an open source the same as an animal, you would want someone to help. Water-borne diseases such as typhoid, dysentery, cholera and diarrhea are extremely high from dangerous water sources.
What's it like to have limited access to clean water?
Find out while visiting your sponsored village. Experience a community home-stay, iconic world cultures, travelling off the beaten track, participating in cultural activities and breath-taking tourist sights.
Don't have funds but have time?
You can contribute with
in-kind services such as professional or technical skills. Use your time to help the BridgIT team and partners deliver our work and maximise the number of villages reached and people impacted.
We'd love to hear from you.
BridgIT is always happy to hear from like-minded people to be advocates to our cause or be part of our dynamic team. If keen drop a line expressing your area of interest to
Join us and come along to our quarterly meetings.
Help deliver a safe water supply
Please help deliver a sustainable life-saving water supply and sponsor a remote rural community. For as little as US$1,000 you can give an entire village a safe water supply. Donations of $2 or more are tax deductible
11 x Rural Villages in Phalombe region Malawi. People drinking water out of ditches. Children from this region dying from cholera - HIGH PRIORITY 12,300 people impacted.
4 x Hand dug well rehabilitation in the Berano District of Somali Region. Vulnerable population to water-borne diseases. 12,650 people impacted.
Hundreds of Rural Villages including Schools and Medical Centres in rural Uganda. Hundreds of thousands of people impacted.
11 x Maasai Rural Villages in the tanzanite mining district at the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro region. 50,600 people impacted.
30 x Remote Water Scarcity villages 70 - 120km from Kadapa District Andhra Pradesh State. 24,400 people impacted.
Clean water supply to remote rural village in earthquake effected Dhading District. Distance from water source 1.5km.
600 people impacted.
Testimonials
As these testimonials prove, your aid money IS having an impact and making a huge difference dispelling the myth that foreign aid is a waste of money.
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 70%. Over 2 years of programs, BridgIT has constructed safe water wells for 20 villages, 5 Schools & 2 Health Centres impacting 40,000 people. The incidence of water-borne diseases especially in children has reduced.
KEEP 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 especially to establish direct 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 70%. Over 2 years of programs, BridgIT has constructed safe water wells for 20 villages, 5 Schools & 2 Health Centres impacting 40,000 people. The incidence of water-borne diseases especially in children has reduced.
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