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Kisanet Tekle is fundraising
Help Kisanet Tekle Bring Clean Water to Africa
Hello, I’m Kisanet Tekle. I am raising $8,000 to build a water well in remote African villages where clean water is scarce. Your donation will transform lives, saving families from hours of searching for water. Together, we can empower these communities and provide them with hope and a brighter future!
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Logan Roth is fundraising
Help Clean Your Roads and Provide Safe Drinking Water Others
Right now, one in three people around the world lack access to safe drinking water, and one in ten still live without even basic drinking water services. This is a serious issue that many people unfortunately face on a daily basis. Due to the lack of access to clean water, many communities are at risk of easily preventable diseases.

A long-term goal of mine has been to raise enough money to build at least one well for those without access to clean water. Fortunately, the Water Wells for Africa Foundation has made a remarkable impact, building over 450 wells since 1996. These wells are not only cost-effective but also designed to be sustainable, ensuring that local communities can maintain them for years to come. The foundation primarily builds wells in rural villages across Malawi but has also constructed wells for schools and hygienic facilities for girls. Each well costs about $9,000, providing clean water to 500 people. That means for just $18, you can provide a person with life-saving access to clean water—a gift that keeps giving for years to come.

Additionally, for every $20 donated, my community and I will clean 2 pounds of trash from public spaces and roadsides, helping to reduce pollution and create healthier environments for communities. I’ll be sharing the progress of our cleanup efforts on my social media here, so you can see how your contribution is making a real difference.
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Mark Dahlin is fundraising
Swim for Africa 2023
Join me in our annual Swim-A-Thon fundraising event for saving lives in rural Africa. We have been raising funds for installing deep water boreholes in hard-to-reach villages in Malawi. Through the generosity of our sponsors, we have raised over $100,000 in the past and have installed 10 wells as well as supplied funds for medical clinics.

The Need: This year our goal is to raise funds for the WWFA "School Initiative" (installing wells in schools). Malawi has the highest dropout rates in southern Africa perpetuating the crisis of water poverty.

Dignity Health Hygiene

This WWFA School Initiative has already proven to:

• Facilitate infrastructure construction

• Increase attendance and retention of boys and girls

• Impact dramatic growth in academic performance

• Dramatically increase graduation rates –

offering freedom from water poverty

How to get Involved: Swim for one hour (run, bucket walk, ride, paddle) on Sept. 17th and gather sponsors or donate directly below. (Let us know if we can set up a donation page for you).

Every dollar raised goes directly to Water Wells for Africa

The Organization: Water Wells for Africa: We have been building water wells in rural Africa since 1996. WWFA provides sustainable water sources reducing health risks associated with contaminated water.

Thank you in advance for considering donating to save the precious lives of the most vulnerable.
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Vick Liu is fundraising
Bringing Clean, Accessible Water To Malawi
This is a story of how one water well is changing a village in Malawi and helping a young girl named Ruthnut achieve her dream.

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Water Wells for Africa (WWFA) is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization that has been installing water wells since 1996. To date, they have installed over 300 wells and have effectively brought clean, accessible water to over 250,000+ people in Malawi. Each water well costs an average of $8,000 to install and can last over two decades, serving thousands of people over its lifetime.

WWFA’s mission is to promote rural African community development by providing sustainable water sources and reducing health risks associated with contaminated water. To support this mission, WWFA focuses on two central priorities: (1) employing local staff and drilling crews in Malawi, and (2) partnering with local leaders to enable sustainable development in their villages.

Villagers are much more comfortable working alongside someone from the same region, someone who truly understands them and also speaks the same language. Rather than bringing in its own trucks, workers, and equipment, WWFA makes it a priority to hire locals, investing money into Malawi’s local economy and helping to break cycles of poverty in the country.

Once a water well is assembled, a water committee made up of local villagers receives the training and tools needed to maintain and care for the water well. This enables Malawians to become self-sustaining, taking ownership and responsibility over a central part of their livelihood.

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Mark Dahlin is fundraising
Swim for Africa
Would you join me in making a difference? I will be part of relay team swimming across the Catalina Channel to raise money to benefit Water Wells For Africa (WWFA). All donations large or small will help make a hugh impact in the lives of thousands especially children who are the most vulnerable to water-borne illness–the leading cause of death.

8,000 children will died today from contaminated water sources. Together we can make a difference today.

Thanks in advance for your contribution to this cause that means so much to me.

The Catalina swim has been a lifelong dream and is now becoming a reality with a renewed vision to bring the first clean sustainable water to remote African villages. Not only do these deep-well bore-holes save thousands of lives, but also allows girls to attend school, water for hygiene, and village crops. Clean water is the first step out of water poverty.

WWFA supports rural African communities by providing sustainable water sources, hygiene education, and generally reducing health risks associated with contaminated water. Since 1996 more than 300,000 have received—and continue to benefit from—fresh, clean, water because of WWFA and our dedicated supporters.
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About Water Wells for Africa

WWFA supports rural African community development by providing sustainable water sources, hygiene education, and generally reducing health risks associated with contaminated water. WWFA envisions a majority of rural African communities having WWFA water wells which provide a robust quality of life where people are: 1) free of waterborne diseases; 2) able to construct homes, schools, and other buildings; 3) able to spend more quality time as families; 4) able to grow gardens and create businesses; and 4) students are able to complete their full education.

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Causes

Health, Community and economic development, Human services, Equal opportunity in education, Subsistence farming

Established

2008

Tax ID

36-4636718

NTEE code

Human Service Organizations

Water Wells for Africa is a 501(c)(3) public charity, EIN 36-4636718. Donations are tax-deductible. Select content is provided by GuideStar.

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