Help and hope

through safe and accessible water, sanitation, and hygiene.

Bringing lasting safe water solutions to Liberia, Nigeria, Kenya, and Haiti

Read our FALL NEWSLETTER where we share what has been happening over the last 6 months.

Check out our 2025 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT and review the impact of our last Fiscal year.

Lifewater has a unique community-led model

Local Teams. Lasting Change...

Train and equip local teams.

First, we train and equip local teams in 6 areas of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) programs like well drilling and pump repairs.

Local teams lead the work.

Second, these local teams complete projects and engage community members, creating ownership through involvement.

Donors make it affordable.

Third, support from donors make projects affordable.

Because a well is only a solution if it keeps working

Local, empowered leaders keep safe water flowing and break the cycle of poverty by building lasting strength from within.

Our story

30 Years Since our First Well

It all started with a discouraging diagnosis and one trip to Liberia over 30 years ago…

Why it Matters

Without clean water, sanitation and hygiene, disease spreads, poverty grows, and opportunity disappears, especially for women and children.

Where we work

Because every 35 seconds, a child dies from water-related diseases.

Your support makes a difference.

OUR IMPACT

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health & hygiene  workshops

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community washrooms

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dignity
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8.9 Million

Total Human Impact

What people are saying

Water is such a basic human right. It is beyond comprehension that rich societies like ours don't focus on everyone having clean, drinking water. Imagine what the world's wealthiest people could do to change the world if he believed in this.

Sallie

Kenora, ON

People like you and your team make the world a better place. Thank you for all you do to help others… happy to be a part of it.

Stan

Saanich, BC

Wow! Five years (of monthly giving) already. I'm grateful to be able to support the excellent work that you have been doing.

Anshul

Markham, ON

We are delighted to continue with our monthly donations to this very worthy cause. Having fresh water is a basic necessity and the value it brings to communities – especially in allowing young children to attend school and not remain at home gathering water -- is a blessing.

Barry & Janice

Chilliwack, BC

I was looking to help communities with water first. My other criteria was to ensure that the administrative fees were low so that the money mainly goes to help. You were well rated. Thank you for helping.

Danielle

Brampton, ON

Wow. In the top ten 10 (charities in Canada for the seventh consecutive year, as determined by Charity Intelligence) again! We love Lifewater Canada. Great work!

Matt & Danelli

Calgary, AB

Access to clean water is something we often take for granted that has a huge impact on people's daily lives, so the cause is close to my heart. Lifewater's operational efficiency helps make the impact even greater, so I'm happy to give generously.

Shawn

Ottawa, ON

I cannot imagine living without water. We are so blessed in our country, that we turn on the tap and many of us do not think that water is second to oxygen in our need to live. Having been a registered nurse in my career, I saw firsthand how water provides the basic sanitary needs of life to prevent the spread of germs and disease, as well as its importance in hydration. Clean water should be a right of all.

Wilhelmina

Iroquois, ON