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 2024-2025 year began on July 1, 2024 -- last updated on March 11, 2025

 

PROJECT TYPE PROJECTS HUMAN IMPACT
New Wells 219 116,443
Hand Pump Repairs 2,815 668,287
Dormant Well Rehabilitations 163 66,450
Community Toilets and Hand-Washing Stations 12 3,164

Health and Hygiene Workshops*

1,195 124,107
Total 4,404 978,451

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

Also, 4,500 dignity kits have been distributed to women and girls in Kenya so far in fiscal 2024-2025. 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.

Research and analysis of project data revealed these impacts so far in Fiscal 2025:

  • An average of 266 people are benefiting from each water project, including Dignity Kits and all Health and Hygiene training sessions
  • 305,671 hours are being saved EACH DAY by children and adults (93.7 minutes saved each day per household) no longer needing to walk long distances for water
  • 2,381,415 additional HOURS each month that children have been in school rather than fetching water
  • 297,677 additional DAYS each month that GIRLS have been in school rather than fetching water 
  • $3,171,474 in total monthly economic impact from families no longer needing to buy water (estimated average water purchases per household multiplied by total households)

 

 

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

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

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.

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 were in school rather than fetching water
  • 462,263 additional DAYS each month that 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 March 11, 2025

 

PROJECT TYPE PROJECTS HUMAN IMPACT
New Wells 3,034 1,543,078
Hand Pump Repairs 14,040 6,039,593
Dormant Well Rehabilitations 1,678 753,773
Community Toilets 208 107,800
Rainwater Harvesting/Storage systems 446 207,056
Community Hand-Washing Stations 435 185,662
Health and Hygiene Workshops * *
Total 19,841 8,836,962

 *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.

Also, approximately 16,150 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.

 


 

OUR IMPACT IN GRAPHS

(last updated March 11, 2025)

 

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