Water Projects

How Does My Purchase Help?

Each 12oz. bag purchased provides between $0.50 and $3.00 for clean water projects, depending on the retail channel purchased through. Purchasing online, through our web site provides the highest amount towards clean water.

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2023

BRAZIL

2023 brought us the opportunity to parter with Compassion International again to fund a project in Brazil! This project provides a borehole (well) in Ubajara, as well as home filtration kits, and training in water management and use and sanitation and hygiene!

GHANA

Our partnership with Compassion International in Ghana continues again in 2023. Ghana was the location of our second-ever project with Compassion International. This project is located in Dabala Junction, Volta, and Lolito, Keat-Dabala, Volta. Two borehole's will be drilled and two water storage tanks will be implemented. Handwashing stations will be built and local community members will receive sanitation and hygiene training.

2022

ETHIOPIA

We are excited to work with Compassion International again to help fund a water project in Ethiopia! Their research indicates that 67% of the children in the area are currently suffering from a water-related illness! This project will provide clean drinking water for the community of Metahara.

2021

BURKINA FASO

In early 2021, funds raised in 2020 were deployed through a partnership with Compassion International, and another donor, to provide solar-powered boreholes at multiple locations in Burkina Faso. This project not only provides clean drinking water to over 1500 children and their families, but provides a sustainable, environmentally friendly water source in an arid region bordering the Sahara Desert.

This project is complete and a report is available here.

2019

HAUY TONG & BAN NONG JET NUAY VILLAGE, THAILAND

Through our continued partnership with Compassion International, we are excited to fund this project in Thailand! This project will install water purification systems and storage tanks to these locations, bringing clean drinking water to 1,357 children and their families!

This project is completed and a video summary of the project can be viewed here.

2018

POTOSí, BOLIVIA

We are, once again, excited to partner with Compassion International to bring clean drinking water to Bolivia! Our project in Bolivia installs clean water storage tanks in two locations, as well as providing much needed sanitation facilities in both locations, as well. 818 children and their families will benefit from this project!

This project has been completed and a final report can be found here.

MBULAMUTI & NAKABANGO, UGANDA

2018 brought a special opportunity to be able to provide funding to provide borehole repairs through our friends at Hearts & Hope for Uganda. Two boreholes have been repaired, one in Mbulamuti and one in Nakabango, Uganda. These two borehole repairs provide clean water for roughly 6,000 people.

2017

GHANA

We are excited to partner with Compassion International to provide funding for a project in Ghana at the St. Augustine Child Development Center. Our funding will provide a borehole that the community will use for clean drinking water. The project is expected to impact roughly 211 families.

This project has been successfully completed and a final report is available here.

2014-2017

UGANDA

We are thrilled to have worked with Compassion International to provide funding for their Water of Life program in Uganda. Through this initiative, we provided funding for filtration units for households in Uganda, among other large-scale water projects. Each filtration unit can filter one million gallons of water and can provide clean drinking water for life for a household!

Overall, this project impacted approximately 23,500 people in Uganda! A full report of the project can be found here.

2013

NEYKON, UGANDA

Neykon, in the Apac district of Uganda, is a community of 1600 people. The residents were previously traveling over a mile to collect water from the next closest borehole.

ATOPI, UGANDA

Located in the Apac district of Uganda, this well in the community now serves 1092 residents. This well reduces the walk for villages from over a mile, to just a few yards from their homes.

2012

We are excited that in 2012, we were able to provide 12 communities with clean water!

APOLIKA, UGANDA (December, 2012)

Aradyang is located in the Apac District of Uganda. This well now provides clean water to approximately 1,164 adults and children. The previous water source was a borehole (well), almost 2 miles away. This new water source now provides clean drinking water in their village, allowing more time for children to attend school!

ARADYANG, UGANDA (November, 2012)

Aradyang is located in the Kole District of Uganda. This well now provides clean water to approximately 450 adults and children. The previous water source was a protected spring, a little under 1 mile away. This new water source now provides clean drinking water right in their village, reducing time required to gather water, as well as providing a more reliable and safer source of drinking water.

BARMOLA, UGANDA (October, 2012)

Barmola is located in the Kole District of Uganda. This well now provides clean water to approximately 1,200 adults and children. The previous water source was a protected spring, a little under 1 mile away. This new water source now provides clean drinking water right in their village, reducing time required to gather water, as well as providing a more reliable and safer source of drinking water.

AMOLA, UGANDA (September, 2012)

Amola is located in the Apac District of Uganda. This well now provides clean water to approximately 450 adults and children. The previous water source was a well in another community, 1.5 miles away. This new water source now provides clean drinking water right in their village, reducing time required to gather water.

ACANKADO, UGANDA (August, 2012)

Ajobi is located in the Kole District of Uganda. This well now provides clean water to approximately 1,100 adults and children. The previous water source was an unprotected spring, exposing the students and villagers to diseases carried by livestock and wild animals that would drink from and bathe in the spring.

AJOBI, UGANDA (July, 2012)

Ajobi is located in the Alebtong District of Uganda. This well now provides clean water to approximately 1,970 adults and children. The previous water source was an unprotected spring, exposing the students and villagers to diseases carried by livestock and wild animals that would drink from and bathe in the spring.

ADUODYEK, UGANDA (June, 2012)

Aduodyek is located in the Kole District of Uganda. This well now provides clean water to approximately 1,200 adults and children at the school in Aduodyek. The previous water source was an unprotected spring, exposing the students and villagers to diseases carried by livestock and wild animals that would drink from and bathe in the spring.

ABAPIRI, UGANDA (May, 2012)

Abapiriis located in the Apac District of Northern Uganda. This well now provides clean water to approximately 1,680 people. The previous water source was a borehole 5km from the village. Villagers now have access to clean water, without the 6 mile round-trip for water.

AMURIA PRIMARY SCHOOL, UGANDA (April, 2012)

Amuria Primary School is located in the Albetong District of Northern Uganda. This well now provides clean water to approximately 785 people. The previous water source was an unprotected well, exposing villagers to potentially dangerous water contaminated with bacteria and disease.

ALWALA PRIMARY SCHOOL, UGANDA (March, 2012)

Alwala Primary School is located in the Albetong District of Northern Uganda. This well now provides clean water to an astonishing 2,580 people. The previous water source was a borehole in a neighboring village. This project both reduces the length of travel for clean water, as well as the stress on the borehole in the neighboring village.

AWINY PRIMARY SCHOOL, UGANDA (February, 2012)

Awiny Primary School is located in the Albetong District of Northern Uganda. This well now provides clean water to an amazing 1,531 people. The previous water source was an unprotected well, leaving the community with an unreliable source of clean water.

ALYEC, UGANDA (January, 2012)

Alyec is located in the Albetong District of Northern Uganda. This well now provides clean water to an astonishing 1,486 people. The previous water source was a shallow well, leaving the community with an unreliable source of clean water.

Alyec, like many other villages, has a water committee that maintains a small budget to repair any damages to their well. However, the repairs needed were beyond the capacity of the community. In particular, the well was in need of new pipes, rods, pedestal, pump cylinder, and some minor slab repair.

2011

AKAR, UGANDA (June, 2011)

The village of Akar is located in the Apac District of Northern Uganda and has a population of approximately 350 people. While they previously had a well, it had become unusable over recent years. This left the villagers with no choice but to use an unprotected well. These unprotected wells are often nothing more than a small pool, which is often a drinking hole for local livestock and wild animals, making it extremely likely to be teeming with disease.

Akar, like many other villages, has a water committee that maintains a small budget to repair any damages to their well. However, the repairs needed were beyond the capacity of the community. In particular, the well was in need of new pipes, rods, pump head, cylinders, and water tank.

OKWEROWILABONGO, UGANDA (June, 2011)

The village of Okwerowilabongo is also located within the Apac District of Northern Uganda and has a population of approximately 372 people. The villagers in Okwerowilabongo also had a previously drilled well that was no longer functioning. They had the choice of using an unprotected well, just as the people of Akar, or traveling 1.25mi. to the nearest well to collect clean water.

The repairs necessary in Okwerowilabongo were very similar to the repairs needed in Akar. Again, these repairs were beyond the means of the local communities' water fund.

 

*Total impact estimated based on country statistics and information provided by partners in the field.