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:

* Health & Hygiene Workshops are not logged as stand-alone projects because they often occur as part of one or more of the projects listed above. We offered 658 H&H workshops in fiscal 2022, benefiting a combined 262,354 children and adults.

Before-and-after research at project sites revealed these impacts in fiscal 2022:

• An average of 404 people were benefiting from each water project
• 143,242 hours were saved EACH DAY by children and adults (44.3 minutes per household) no longer needing to walk long distances for water
• 556,163 additional HOURS EACH MONTH that children were in school rather than fetching water
• 69,520 additional DAYS EACH MONTH that GIRLS were in school rather than fetching water 
• $5,347,090 in total monthly economic impact from families no longer needing to buy water (estimated average water purchases per household multiplied by total households)
• a $11.19 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:

*Health & Hygiene Workshops are not logged as stand-alone projects because they often 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:

*Health & Hygiene Workshops are not logged as stand-alone projects because they often occur as part of one or more of the projects listed above. We have offered 519 H&H workshops so far in fiscal 2023, benefiting a combined 108,828 children and adults.

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

• An average of 383 people are benefiting from each water project
• 213,993 hours were saved EACH DAY by children and adults (77.1 minutes per household) no longer needing to walk long distances for water
• 1,786,358 additional HOURS EACH MONTH that children were in school rather than fetching water
• 22,795 additional DAYS EACH MONTH that GIRLS were in school rather than fetching water 
• $7,839,793 in total monthly economic impact from families no longer needing to buy water (estimated average water purchases per household multiplied by total households)
• a $6.95 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 May 3, 2023):