Hard Data

We offer a variety of performance metrics to show how and where your donations are being invested -- and the results they are achieving.

ANNUAL Impact Report:

Fiscal 2023 (to June 30, 2023)	Projects	Human Impact
New Wells	329	142,021
Hand Pump Repairs	2,468	987,423
Dormant Well Rehabilitations	417	189,754
Community Toilets	25	2,272
Rainwater Harvesting/Storage Systems	43	5,372
Community Hand-Washing Stations	128	7,644
Health and Hygiene Workshops	252	*
Total	3,662	1,334,486

* Only some Health & Hygiene Workshops are logged as stand-alone projects; others occur as part of one or more of the projects listed above. In total, we offered 995 H&H workshops in fiscal 2023, benefiting a combined 157,309 children and adults.

Before-and-after research at project sites revealed these impacts in fiscal 2023:

An average of 394 people were benefiting from each water project
322,700 hours were saved EACH DAY by children and adults (72 minutes per household) no longer needing to walk long distances for water
3,971,362 additional HOURS EACH MONTH that children were in school rather than fetching water
496,420 additional DAYS EACH MONTH that GIRLS were in school rather than fetching water
$9,755,839 in total monthly economic impact from families no longer needing to buy water (estimated average water purchases per household multiplied by total households)
a $5.73 economic return for each $1.00 invested by a donor (value of hours saved from walking to fetch water that can be applied to earning income, of hours saved that can be applied to attending school, of household savings from no longer buying water, etc.)

CUMULATIVE Impact Report:

1995 to the end of the most recent month	Projects	Human Impact
New Wells	2,663	1,498,178
Hand Pump Repairs	9,801	4,684,477
Dormant Well Rehabilitations	1,408	645,702
Community Toilets	186	84,767
Rainwater Harvesting/Storage systems	444	147,057
Community Hand-Washing Stations	414	111,965
Health and Hygiene Workshops	*	*
Total	14,916	7,172,146

*Only some Health & Hygiene Workshops are logged as stand-alone projects; some occur as part of one or more of the projects listed above. We did not log H&H workshops during the early years of Lifewater so we are unable to provide an accurate cumulative count for workshops or beneficiaries throughout Lifewater's history.

CURRENT FISCAL YEAR Impact Report:

July 1, 2023 to the end of the most recent month	Projects	Human Impact
New Wells	281	149,133
Hand Pump Repairs	2,943	1,170,219
Dormant Well Rehabilitations	217	85,496
Community Toilets	157	2,390
Rainwater Harvesting/Storage systems	1	250
Community Hand-Washing Stations	16	2,640
Health and Hygiene Workshops	998	154,413
Total	4,613	1,564,541

*Only some of the Health & Hygiene Workshops are logged as stand-alone projects; others occur as part of one or more of the projects listed above..

Before-and-after research at project sites revealed these impacts so far in fiscal 2024:

An average of 449 people are benefiting from each water project
445,450 hours were saved EACH DAY by children and adults no longer needing to walk long distances for water
2,570,501 additional HOURS EACH MONTH that children were in school rather than fetching water
321,313 additional DAYS EACH MONTH that GIRLS were in school rather than fetching water
$7,113,993 in total monthly economic impact from families no longer needing to buy water (estimated average water purchases per household multiplied by total households)
a $4.98 economic return for each $1.00 invested by a donor (value of hours saved from walking to fetch water that can be applied to earning income, of hours saved that can be applied to attending school, of household savings from no longer buying water, etc.)

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Here are some "impact graphs" (last updated April 9, 2024):