Organization: WaterAid America

All Photos WaterAid is an international NGO dedicated exclusively to the provision of safe water, sanitation and hygiene education to the world's poorest people. WaterAid works by helping local organizations set up low cost, sustainable projects using technology that can be managed by the community itself. WaterAid also seeks to influence the policies of other key organizations, such as governments, to secure and protect the right of poor people to safe, affordable water and sanitation.

Focus Areas:	Children, Economic Development, Environment, Health, Human Rights, Poverty, Gender & Equality
Countries Served:	All 15 countries: Bangladesh Burkina Faso Ethiopia Ghana India Madagascar Mali Malawi Mozambique Nigeria Nepal Pakistan Tanzania, United Republic of Uganda Zambia   Summary by region: Asia Africa

Description of Services:
WaterAid works in rural, urban and peri-urban settings, on integrated projects that provide access to safe water (through simple technologies such as handpumps, spring protections or hand-dug wells), sanitation (through the construction of household and communal latrines) and hygiene education (training in key personal and domestic behaviors such as handwashing at critical times). WaterAid's policy work is always informed by our extensive field experience, enabling us to influence regional, national and international governments to act more effectively in the area of water and sanitation.
History:
WaterAid was established as a charitable trust in the United Kingdom in 1981. Our 15 implementation focused country programs have been established at various times since then and WaterAid America, which supports WaterAid's projects around the world, and has 501(c) 3 non profit status was established in 2003.
Accomplishments & Progress:
WaterAid has helped over 11 million people gain access to safe water. We have indirectly reached millions more through our advocacy and networking projects. WaterAid has received many international awards including the prestigious Stockholm Water Prize.