Human Impact Data
We offer a variety of performance metrics to show how and where your donations are being invested and the results they are achieving.
SO FAR THIS YEAR:
Our 2026 fiscal year began on July 1, 2025; this data was last updated on Nov. 4, 2025
| PROJECT TYPE | PROJECTS | HUMAN IMPACT |
| New Wells | 114 | 50,334 |
| Hand Pump Repairs | 1,507 | 411,872 |
| Dormant Well Rehabilitations | 46 | 25,140 |
| Community Toilets and Hand-Washing Stations | 8 | 680 |
|
Health and Hygiene Workshops* |
649 | 51,014 |
| Total | 4,765 | 539,040 |
*Only stand-alone Health & Hygiene Workshops are listed; many others occur as part of one or more other projects listed above.
Research and analysis of project data revealed these impacts so far in Fiscal 2026:
- An average of 291 people were benefiting from each water project
- 227,277 hours were saved EACH DAY by children and adults (126.5 minutes saved each day per household) no longer needing to walk long distances for water
- 3,353,074 additional HOURS each month that children were in school rather than fetching water
- 419,134 additional DAYS each month that GIRLS were in school rather than fetching water
- $1,999,706 in total monthly economic impact from families no longer needing to buy water (estimated average water purchases per household multiplied by total households)
- a $4.67 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.)
FISCAL 2025 Impact Report:
Our 2025 Fiscal Year ran from July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025
| PROJECT TYPE | PROJECTS | HUMAN IMPACT |
| New Wells | 363 | 189,614 |
| Hand Pump Repairs | 4,513 | 1,167,466 |
| Dormant Well Rehabilitations | 249 | 112,480 |
| Community Washrooms | 24 | 4,792 |
| Health and Hygiene Workshops* | 1,839 | 203,406 |
| Total | 6,988 | 1,677,758 |
*Only stand-alone Health & Hygiene Workshops are listed; many others occur as part of one or more other projects listed above.
Also, approximately 9,000 dignity kits were distributed to women and girls in Kenya and Liberia in fiscal 2025. Dignity Kits contain washable/reusable sanitary pads. They are given to girls and young women who cannot afford them so the girls and young women can remain in school during their monthly menstrual cycles.
Research and analysis of project data revealed these impacts in Fiscal 2025:
- An average of 286 people were benefiting from each water project
- 571,369 hours were saved EACH DAY by children and adults (102.2 minutes saved each day per household) no longer needing to walk long distances for water
- 4,067,876 additional HOURS each month that children were in school rather than fetching water
- 508,484 additional DAYS each month that GIRLS were in school rather than fetching water
- $7,710,027 in total monthly economic impact from families no longer needing to buy water (estimated average water purchases per household multiplied by total households)
- a $4.11 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.)
ALL-TIME Impact Report:
Cumulative impact from 1995 -- last updated on Nov. 4, 2025
| PROJECT TYPE | PROJECTS | HUMAN IMPACT |
| New Wells | 3,292 | 1,621,928 |
| Hand Pump Repairs | 17,245 | 7,021,464 |
| Dormant Well Rehabilitations | 1,810 | 795,077 |
| Community Toilets | 228 | 113,809 |
| Rainwater Harvesting/Storage systems | 446 | 207,056 |
| Community Hand-Washing Stations | 455 | 191,670 |
| Health and Hygiene Workshops | * | * |
| Total | 23,476 | 9,951,004 |
*We do not have historical records from H&H workshops during the early years of Lifewater Canada and are therefore unable to provide cumulative counts.
Also, approximately 25,125 dignity kits have been distributed to women and girls so far in Kenya and Liberia. Dignity Kits contain washable/reusable sanitary pads. They are given to girls and young women who cannot afford them so the girls and young women can remain in school during their monthly menstrual cycles.
OUR IMPACT IN GRAPHS
(last updated Nov. 4, 2025)
