Other Water-Related Organizations
*The views and beliefs of the organizations listed below do not necessarily reflect those of Lifewater Canada and are not endorsements.
Organizations working overseas
(See also: Water, Engineering and Development Centre's 1996 "Water and NGOs" summary)
- Action contre la Faim (ACF) (France) or Action Against Hunger (USA). Responds to emergencies and assists rehabilitation efforts after crises.
- Aqua Para La Vida (Working in Nicaragua). Helps small, rural communities develop and maintain access to safe drinking water, primarily through gravity-fed water systems.
- Care Water Projects (US). Works to reduce the health risks of water-related diseases in developing countries and save time spent gathering water. Their website includes evaluations of recent water and sanitation projects in developing countries.
- Charity:Water (US). One of the world's largest water fundraisers - they fund other groups drilling wells in developing countries
- Children's Cup International Relief (US). Provides chlorine generation equipment for water purification in southeast Asia and Africa.
- Christian Relief Services (US). Administers water supply projects in the US and Africa, including well drilling and gravity flow distribution system construction.
- Clean Water for Haiti (Working in Haiti). A volunteer-run, faith-based missions and humanitarian aid organization. Focused mainly on providing clean water through manufacturing and using household slow sand biofilters. Work is supported by the Cup of Cold Water Project.
- Dig Deep Africa (UK). Works with communities and schools in South West Kenya to provide them with access to water, sanitation, and deliver hygiene training.
- Drop in the Bucket (US with field offices in Uganda and South Sudan). Builds wells and sanitation systems at large rural schools in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Doctors Without Borders (US) OR MSF: Médecins Sans Frontières Int'l (Holland). Provides emergency health care and water supplies/sanitation assistance around the world.
- El Porvenir (Nicaragua). Works to support community-led projects in sustainable infrastructure, including well and latrine construction and reforestation.
- Global Aid Network (GAiN) (Working in China and Benin). Improving the lives of vulnerable people in Benin, in particular women and children.
- Healing Waters International Inc. (Working in Dominican Republic). Builds water purification systems at local churches in poor communities, trains the churches to operate them and provides technical support.
- Hope Spring (UK working in West Africa). Helps water-poor communities to access safe, clean water. Also conduct workshops and advocate for sanitation and hygiene.
- Initiative: Eau (US). Promotes community-led initiatives and engages in innovative research. Currently active in Burkina Faso and Nigeria, with a focus on cities.
- Life From Water (Egypt). First foundation in Egypt that specialises in water. Empowers those in neglected regions and provides them with clean, sustainable drinking water solutions.
- Lifewater International (US). Provides project updates, USAID technical notes on water supply development issues, and information on training relevant to rural water supply development.
- Living Water International (US). Provides training and equipment to assist developing countries in producing clean, healthy drinking water. Current projects in Kenya, Ghana, and several Central American countries are described.
- Marion Medical Mission (Malawi). Builds shallow wells providing people with safe drinking water. They work closely with the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian and with the Embangweni Hospital.
- MCC: Mennonite Central Committee (Canada). Helps families and communities gain access to water. Their site includes descriptions of water-related projects, such as dam building efforts.
- Ok Clean Water Project (Canada). Raises funds to support water delivery systems in Kumbo, Cameroon and the surrounding villages. Villagers volunteer their labor to build the infrastructure and receive training to manage/maintain the systems.
- Operation Blessing (Working in India, Romania, the Philippines). Drills wells and builds cisterns in developing countries. Health and Hygiene education follows-up new water supply construction.
- Oxfam Australia. Supports community-based self help projects in 30 countries around the world in seven different areas, including agriculture, health, environmental protection, and human rights.
- Pump Aid (UK, working in Malawi). Uses small-business models to work with entrepreneurs and communities so they can reach a point of self-reliance and self-sufficiency.
- Ryan's Well Foundation (Canada). Raises awareness of the need for safe drinking water in developing countries and raises money for wells in Africa.
- Servants in Faith & Technology (Southern Institute for Appropriate Technology). Describes appropriate technologies for developing communities, including low-tech pump, construction, and agricultural technologies (and some great international cooking recipes).
- The Water Project (US, working in Burkina Faso, Kenya, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, and Uganda). Uses local labor and management, with the help of donated funds, to help dig wells, build small dams, collect rainwater, and filter water using Biosand water filtration systems.
- ThirstNoMore (Sudan). Drilling wells for humanitarian relief in Darfur.
- Voss Foundation (Norway, working in Sub-Saharan Africa). Helps communities achieve water requirements with a particular interest in assisting women and girls.
- Water Access Now (Working in Ghana). Provides water to villages through education, sustainable programs, and local partners.
- WaterAid (UK). Case studies of water development projects, anticipated sanitation crises in urban areas, and community participation. Their website has a kid's educational game on water supply.
- WaterAid (Canada). Funds and manages small-scale clean water and sanitation projects with an emphasis on sustainability and community participation.
- Water Ambassadors (Canada, working in Central America). Works with Living Water International to bring clean water to developing countries by drilling and repairing wells and installing chlorination systems.
- Water for Children Africa (US). Site describes safe drinking water and cottage industry development, as well as volunteer opportunities. One theme is development of cultural bridges between American and African communities.
- Water for Life (US). Provides well construction references.
- Water For People (Canada and US). Working in 35 countries around the world, they fund water treatment, supply, and hygiene projects.
- Water For South Sudan (Working in Sudan). Provides access to safe drinking water for communities by drilling wells, installing pump equipment and basic purification systems.
- Water.org (US, working in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, and Urganda). Finds new solutions and financial models, greater transparency, and local partnerships. Encourages community ownership, and selects technology based on local conditions.
- Water to Thrive (US, working in Ethiopia, Uganda, and Tanzania). Raises money and awareness for water projects and works with local NGOs to build effective wells.
- Water Wells for Africa (Working in Malawi). Drills wells and trains the local people to maintain the equipment and manage resources.
- Wells Bring Hope (US, working in Niger). Drills deep-water wells to provide safe, clean water to rural villages in Niger - the poorest country in the world.
- Wells of Hope (Canada, working in Guatemala). Drills wells to provide rural Guatemalan communities with sustainable fresh water supplies.
- Well Spring Africa (US). Promotes water well drilling with a 3000-year old technology, the hand-powered percussion drill.
- World Renew Canada. Partners with local organizations in more than 30 countries to address a variety of essentials, including safe water.
- World Vision (Canada or US). Provides natural disaster relief response, child sponsorship, and other types of development and emergency projects. Works in over 90 countries.
Canadian Organizations
U.S. Organizations
Other related organizations
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