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 27 countries: Angola Bangladesh Burkina Faso Ethiopia Ghana India Kenya Lao People'S Democratic Republic Liberia Lesotho Madagascar Mali Malawi Mozambique Niger Nigeria Nicaragua Nepal Papua New Guinea Pakistan Rwanda Sierra Leone Swaziland Timor-Leste Tanzania, United Republic of Uganda Zambia   Summary by region: Africa Asia Latin America & Caribbean Australia & Oceania

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 believes that it is vital for women to be actively involved in all stages of these projects. 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 America was founded in 2003 to support WaterAid's vision of a world in which everyone has access to safe water and sanitation. Originally founded in 1981, WaterAid international has member offices in Australia, Sweden and London. Our ambition is that by 2015, a further 25 million people will have gained access to clean water, health and sanitation and we will reach 100 million more through our advocacy efforts.
Accomplishments & Progress:
WaterAid has helped nearly 16 million people gain access to safe water since 1981. We have indirectly reached millions more through our advocacy and networking projects. WaterAid has received many international awards including the prestigious Stockholm Water Prize. Today, WaterAid has expanded its projects from Africa and Asia to Latin America, growing from 17 country projects to 27. Just $25 is enough to help WaterAid continue to achieve milestones by providing those in need with access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene education. For more donation information, visit: www.wateraidamerica.org