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 -- last updated on Nov. 1, 2024

PROJECT TYPE	PROJECTS	HUMAN IMPACT
New Wells	100	57,059
Hand Pump Repairs	1,517	331,066
Dormant Well Rehabilitations	89	42,830
Community Toilets and Hand-Washing Stations	6	1,454
Health and Hygiene Workshops*	573	58,513
Total	2,285	490,922

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

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
Hand Pump Repairs	4,367	1,630,539
Dormant Well Rehabilitations	324	141,497
Community Washrooms	26	4,195
Health and Hygiene Workshops*	1,253	235,141
Total	6,391	2,238,489

Also, approximately 11,650 dignity kits were distributed to women and girls in Kenya in fiscal 2024. 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.

*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 -- last updated on Nov. 1, 2024

PROJECT TYPE	PROJECTS	HUMAN IMPACT
New Wells	2,915	1,513,425
Hand Pump Repairs	12,742	5,724,911
Dormant Well Rehabilitations	1,604	735,880
Community Toilets	202	106,325
Rainwater Harvesting/Storage systems	446	207,056
Community Hand-Washing Stations	429	184,196
Health and Hygiene Workshops	*	*
Total	18,338	8,471,793

Also, approximately 14,650 dignity kits have been distributed to women and girls so far. 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.

*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.