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 current Fiscal 2025 Year began on July 1, 2024

PROJECT TYPE	PROJECTS	HUMAN IMPACT
New Wells	68	41,409
Hand Pump Repairs	1,051	251,307
Dormant Well Rehabilitations	61	33,390
Community Toilets and Hand-Washing Stations	4	774
Health and Hygiene Workshops*	468	42,957
Total	1,652	369,837

*Only stand-alone Health & Hygiene Workshops are listed; many others occur as part of one or more of the projects listed above.

FISCAL 2024 Impact Report:

Our 2024 Fiscal Year ran from July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024

PROJECT TYPE	PROJECTS	HUMAN IMPACT
New Wells	421	227,117
Dormant Well Rehabilitations	324	141,497
Hand Pump Repairs	4,367	1,630,539
Community Washrooms	26	4,195
Health and Hygiene Workshops*	1,253	235,141
Total	6,391	2,238,489

Approximately 11,650 dignity kits were also distributed to women and girls in Kenya.

*Only stand-alone Health & Hygiene Workshops are listed; many others occur as part of one or more of the projects listed above.

Research and analysis of project data revealed these impacts in Fiscal 2024:

An average of 433 people were benefiting from each water project
672,529 hours were saved EACH DAY by children and adults (90.1 minutes saved each day per household) no longer needing to walk long distances for water
3,698,106 additional HOURS EACH MONTH that children (usually girls) were in school rather than fetching water
462,263 additional DAYS EACH MONTH that children (usually girls) were in school rather than fetching water
$10,607,812 in total monthly economic impact from families no longer needing to buy water (estimated average water purchases per household multiplied by total households)
a $5.00 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 - present

PROJECT TYPE	PROJECTS	HUMAN IMPACT
New Wells	2,883	1,505,894
Hand Pump Repairs	12,276	5,616,839
Dormant Well Rehabilitations	1,576	729,330
Community Toilets	200	105,848
Rainwater Harvesting/Storage systems	446	207,056
Community Hand-Washing Stations	426	183,398
Health and Hygiene Workshops	*	*
Total	17,807	8,348,365

*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.