Raise your glass and donate what you would spend on a drink today, so women in Ghana can become water entrepreneurs. With your help, communities will get clean water for the next 10 years.
With your generous support, we can create jobs for 15 women in Ghana, so they can provide 1,120 neighbors across 5 communities with access to clean water—for good.
Every $10,000 we raise will provide jobs for three women, bringing clean water to one community in Ghana. Give now and your generosity will be matched!
Women know the weight of dirty water. They collect it, haul it, and bear the burden of watching their children get sick from it. In Ghana, water-related disease is the leading cause of death in children.
By empowering women to lead, you can right this wrong. Together, you can save lives.
At any given time, 1/3 of water points are broken in Sub-Saharan Africa. Our partner, Saha Global, has developed a cost-effective, sustainable solution to bring clean water to communities where wells simply won't work.
Here's 3 ways your generosity can provide sustainable clean water in Northern Ghana.
3 women from each community are hired and trained to become Water Entrepreneurs to run the business.
Each business gives approximately 200 people clean water. Women earn an income treating and dispensing water to their neighbors everyday.
Groundwater is scarce in the arid region, so drilling wells is not feasible. Thankfully, our local partner, Saha Global, devised an affordable way to treat water, making it safe to drink.
When water is collected from a dugout, it is treated with aluminum sulfate, which causes sediments to settle out of the water. The water is then disinfected with chlorine.
With your help, locally available materials are sourced to build a water treatment center, including a 1,000-liter Polytank, a metal Polytank stand, 3 blue 200-liter drums, chlorine, and aluminum sulfate.
Giving clean water is the easy part, keeping water flowing is what matters most.
Saha Global hires local Customer Care teams to ensure entrepreneurs are supported for the next decade. They visit every community, monitoring the water businesses, providing entrepreneurs with support, and test the water every month to ensure it's e-coli free (i.e. safe to drink). Every water project is monitored for ten years, ensuring you are providing clean water – that lasts.
From river water to drinking water, watch the video to see how women provide clean and affordable drinking water to their communities.
Your generosity provides all the materials to build the kiosks, and the training to run the businesses. Your generosity also provides water quality monitoring and support for the next ten years, ensuring water is safely flowing to people in need.
When women open water businesses, they can provide for their families in ways they weren’t able to before: opening bank accounts, sending their kids to school, and leading healthier lives, all while fulfilling an essential need in their community.
