Without access to clean water and healthy food, cycles of systematic poverty and gender inequality continue. Together we can change this and ensure the most basic human rights are met for all people. We believe that every person on this planet has a fundamental right to clean water and nutritious foods.
We create water independence, sustainable agriculture and educational opportunities to foster self-reliance in East Africa. We address systemic poverty and gender inequality by eliminating the financial and time burden of sourcing clean water. Our impact is tangible, concrete and instant. See the clean water flowing from our boreholes and see healthy food growing in our small-scale farming projects.
We create water independence, sustainable agriculture and educational opportunities to foster self-reliance in East Africa. We address systemic poverty and gender inequality by eliminating the financial and time burden of sourcing clean water. Our impact is tangible, concrete and instant. See the clean water flowing from our boreholes and see healthy food growing in our small-scale farming projects.
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We believe sustainable projects that thrive are locally led. We trust our in-country experts to listen to local needs, design and implement solutions and measure impact. Ultimately, building capacity to sustain projects long-term. Our team of in-country experts conduct outreach and research to identify under-resourced communities with shared values.
Our Founder, Lindsey Pluimer, was an All-American basketball player at UCLA. Inspired by a class discussion, Lindsey pledged to visit Africa and work to address inequality there. When she had the opportunity to travel to South Africa, she recognized the immense lack of basic human rights, but she also saw, first hand, the resilience and hope in the communities she visited.
Too many lives are lost due to unsafe water, too much time wasted by women and children walking for water and too much of the developing world's modest income spent on sourcing water. Without access to sustainable sources of water, it's impossible to grow healthy food and cycles of poverty continue.
A technique used for collecting, storing and using rainwater, often collected from rooftops or surface-level tanks. Piping systems connect the water source to the necessary destination and kiosks protect the water source and enable communities to sell surplus water. Handwashing curriculum with stations and soapmaking that promotes sanitation and hygiene practices.
You can see the clean water flowing from our boreholes and you can see the healthy food growing in our small-scale farming projects. Children attend school and adults have more time to seek employment. Women and girls are relieved of the strenuous walk for water. The impact of our programs lasts a lifetime.
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