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India

India, ranked 132nd out of 193 countries in the UN’s Human Development Index,1 is the most populous nation in the world. The ongoing water crisis leaves over 73 million people in rural India without access to clean water within a 30-minute collection trip.²

INDIA BY THE NUMBERS
1.417
billion
national population of India
73
million
people living in rural India lack access to clean water within a 30-minute collection trip
228
million
people in rural India lack access to adequate sanitation facilities
India
The Water Crisis in India
Our research identified 13 districts in north India where the need for access to clean water in isolated rural communities is very high. The districts were chosen based on the following:

DO SOMETHING

Fund a Project in

India

Serve an entire community or school with clean and living water. Projects range in cost depending on the region, project type, and amount of people served.

Community Hand Pump
$5,000
Provide a new water source to the community through the drilling of a borehole and installation of a hand pump to provide water in a central location in the village.
(serves 75 - 125 people)
Co-Fund a Mechanized Borehole
$5,000
Provide a new water source to a community through the drilling of a deeper borehole equipped with a submersible pump that delivers water to a central tap stand with multiple collection taps.
(serves 75 - 125 people)
Mechanized Borehole
$15,000
Provide a new water source to a community through the drilling of a deeper borehole equipped with a submersible pump that delivers water to a central tap stand with multiple collection taps.
(serves 75 - 125 people)
OUR MISSION IN INDIA

Serving the Unreached

Our partner is committed to serving unreached, isolated rural communities where access to clean water is severely limited. In these remote areas, often overlooked families face significant challenges, spending over an hour per trip during the dry season to collect water from dwindling sources, often multiple times a day.

Schools in these regions lack adequate water, sanitation, and hygiene infrastructure, leaving students without consistent access to safe drinking water. This scarcity contributes to preventable diseases, particularly impacting children with limited access to medical care. By focusing on these underserved communities, our partner delivers sustainable water solutions to improve health outcomes and uplift the most vulnerable populations.

CLEAN & LIVING WATER IN INDIA

Our Plan

With your help, we can bring lasting solutions to the water crisis, providing access to clean and living water for more than 45,000 people in the hardest-to-reach communities across 13 districts by June 2029. You can make it possible to see:

450

communities gain access to clean drinking water through hand pumps and mechanized boreholes

30

schools with access to clean drinking water, hand washing facilities, and functioning toilets

Local

communities trained to operate and maintain water points

SOURCES:
2 Definition: If the trip to collect from an improved water source takes 30 minutes or less, it is classified as a basic drinking water service. If water collection from an improved source exceeds 30 minutes it is categorized as a limited service.

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