Bring clean water to children in need

Thirsty, weak, desperate – children are dying from dirty water.

For girls like 15-year-old Seada, in rural Ethiopia, collecting water is a tiring, scary, time-consuming struggle.

It could take Seada hours to find and haul the water home each day, which wasn't even safe to drink. She was often late for school and constantly exhausted in class.

Dirty, contaminated water kills. Children like Seada desperately need clean water. With it, they’re healthier, safer and more likely to attend school.

Please give children like Seada a brighter future by donating today.

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How your money can help

Children like Seada urgently need your help. Your gift today could:

Provide a sink and tap for a whole community to wash their hands

Help install a borehole to provide clean water to hundreds of families

Provide tools and training for a community to keep their own water supply

You could save lives and create brighter futures with clean water.

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I had to get up early in the morning and travel about two hours back and forth to fetch water. There were times when I had to miss school.

Save a child's life today

Children collecting water from a river in Ethiopia

More than 800 children die every day from dirty water

Dirty, contaminated water kills. Without clean water, children die from preventable diseases like diarrhoea, and can’t protect themselves from illnesses like cholera or COVID-19.

15-year old Seada collects water from a river in Ethiopia

Stuck in a cycle of poverty for generations to come

When clean water is in short supply, everything suffers. Crops fail, incomes fall, food is scarce and futures are bleak. Without clean water, no-one can thrive.

15-year-old Seada from Ethiopia carries water in her back

Forced to haul water that could kill – girls suffer disproportionately

Girls spend hours hauling water. They’re often late for lessons, too tired to focus or forced to drop out of school. They risk rape on remote routes and violence when they reach the over-crowded source.

15-year-old Seada smiles while collecting water at her local borehole

Please donate now to save lives

With your help, we can provide safe, sustainable water supplies and sanitation. We’ll teach communities how to maintain and make the most of their water. Improving crops, income and health for all.

Can you help?

World Vision’s work results in water that continues to flow. We’re reaching someone new with clean water every 10 seconds.

This work is more important now than ever.

Without clean water, children can’t protect themselves from illnesses like diarrhoea, cholera and COVID-19.

With clean water, children are healthier, safer and more likely to attend school. Protected from illness and other dangers, they can reclaim their childhoods and build brighter futures.

Your gift today could start a ripple effect that changes everything for vulnerable children.

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