Safe Water
Increasing access to safe water for vulnerable and disadvantaged communities.
Clean water scarcity is a significant problem in rural areas of Sub-Sahara Africa, yet it is critical to human health and livelihoods. Providing access to safe and affordable water at reasonable distances from the home improves productivity, community participation, and school attendance. We partner with organizations working in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Niger and India, targeting vulnerable and disadvantaged populations living in these countries.
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Rising Up to the Global Challenge: SDG 6
On March 22, we celebrate World Water Day, an international observance and an opportunity to learn more about water related issues, be inspired to tell others and take action to make a difference.
Grantee
Millennium Water Alliance
To increase access to safe water for an additional 300,000 people in rural Ethiopia, and to strengthen the capacity of government to manage existing water supply assets and deliver reliable safe water services to 3.2 million people in 23 districts.
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External Resources
We recommend visiting the following partners and external resources that are important to our work:
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WaterCredit puts microfinance to work in the water, sanitation and hygiene sector.
By connecting financial institutions to communities in developing countries in need of clean water and toilets, small loans are then made to individuals and households. As loans are repaid, they can be redeployed to additional people in need of safe water, reducing the need for subsidies, which can then be freed up to help those who need it most.
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Overview of IRC's Triple-S Ghana project
Triple-S (Sustainable Services at Scale) is a six-year, multi-country learning initiative to improve water supply to the rural poor. Triple-S Ghana in collaboration with the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA), the governmental agency responsible for rural water and related sanitation, and the host institution for Triple-S in Ghana, have collaborated on a number of studies on issues of interest to the sector.
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WASHfunders.org is a unique source of data and information for donors, policymakers, and other stakeholders interested in water, sanitation, and hygiene. The site was created by our partner, the Foundation Center, as a one-stop-shop for funding and needs-related data and information.
What We’re Learning View All Reports ›
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Report
October 2015
Funded by the Hilton Foundation, the Water Institute at the University of North Carolina and Water and Sanitation for Africa assessed the functionality of 1,470 water wells in the Greater Afram Plains region of Ghana, 898 of which were constructed by World Vision.
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Report
In Practice: Providing Access to Safe Water
September 2012
Since 1990, the Hilton Foundation has awarded more than $114 million to increase sustainable access to safe water to more than 2 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa and water-stressed regions of India and Mexico.In this In Practice paper, Dr. Tanvi Nagpal reports on lessons learned from two decades of philanthropic investment in safe water, sanitation, and hygiene for the rural poor.
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