Clean Water Malawi Project #47319

Your Gift of Water for Women & Children of Malawi

by Water Wells for Africa

Summary

Water Wells for Africa brings their first water ever to people in remote, hard-to-reach places in Africa. This project will provide a water well to people in need in rural Malawi. The villages we choose are difficult to reach and usually have no access to clean, close water. The villages we help are in areas where many other organizations do not go, but we have not forgotten these people on the fringes of life...and we invite YOU to be part of improving and saving lives in these villages.

$80,000
total goal

$25,614
remaining

204
donors

8
monthly donors

3
fundraisers

3
years

Challenge

Many rural villages in Africa do not have clean, easy-to-reach water sources. Instead, women and girls are forced to rise while it's still dark and trek almost a mile to a pond that's green with algae (see pics). Often this journey makes the girls late for school (or they miss it completely). Drinking unhealthy water, many people become ill with diarrhea and cholera. Globally each year, 700 children five-yrs-old and under die from diarrhea linked to unsafe water & poor sanitation.

Solution

You will help WWFA strategically place a water well to help a rural village community in Malawi. The burden of carrying water long distances will be removed from the females. The women will have quality time to care for their family; girls will attend school regularly. Gardens will grow; bricks will be made; clothes will be cleaned; and food cooked. People will not become sick/die. WWFA will provide personal hygiene education (WASH) and a local committee will be trained in well maintenance.

Long-Term Impact

Sustainable water well systems are WWFA's specialty. With your generous gift, we'll install a simple, easy-to-maintain pump system that lasts up to 20 yrs. Villagers will know how to fix the well if it needs repair. We have proof our wells last this long! Families will be transformed as mothers spend more time with kids, men have water for the gardens, and health flourishes. You'll be part of dramatically improving hundreds of lives! This is a special & real opportunity you'll feel good about!