Bringing lasting safe water solutions that protect health, empower communities, and break the cycle of poverty across Liberia, Nigeria, Kenya, and Haiti through our Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) programs.
How we make a difference
Local Teams. Lasting Change.
Our unique 3 step approach empowers local leaders and builds ownership:
Relentless Innovation
We go beyond drilling—developing smarter systems, strategic site selection, and scalable models to make the hardest to reach areas easy. We ensure our overseas team meets together to keep innovating at our International Conference.
Radical Transparency
We run lean, track every dollar, and show donors exactly how they change lives—no waste, no guesswork, just transparency and impact.
We measure success through 4 key goals:
Access: Safe water within a 30-minute round-trip.
Safety: Water meets health standards.
Community Engagement: Locals help plan, build, and maintain.
Sustainability: Trained caretakers and long-term plans in place.
When wells are given freely, they’re often neglected. We’ve learned that long-term success depends on community involvement.
Villages contribute by:
They also set rules like:
Every Lifewater well project since 1995 has included the training of a Well Caretaker, helping ensure the pump lasts longer and the water remains safe. Key responsibilities:
We focus our programs in regions where clean water is both desperately needed and realistically deliverable — like Haiti, Liberia, Nigeria, and Kenya.
We measure success through 4 key development goals. Click on each of the goals below to learn more about its significance and scoring, and to read stories explaining why we adopted it.
