Life Needs Water is a non-profit organization that started in 2015. Our mission is to make water more available around the world. Our solar pump approach makes clean water, sanitation and hygiene available for the poor and marginalized. In addition, our solar pumps provide people in remote areas with cellphone charging stations and Wifi hotspots. These services together help in uplifting people’s livelihoods.
Since 2015, we have empowered:
With your help we can continue to empower many more.
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Water is critical for sustainable and socio-economic development, energy and food production, healthy ecosystems and human survival. Water scarcity is made worse by the boom in global population. The population boom results in competition for water between commercial entities and the poor communities. Women and girls must have access to clean, private sanitation facilities for dignity and safety.
At the human level, water cannot be seen in isolation from sanitation. Together, they are vital for reducing the global burden of disease and improving the health, education and economic productivity of populations. Water-related Numbers:
We have worked with communities in Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia, Namibia, Ghana, and Uganda. We train local youth to maintain and management hardware and projects. Before we leave a community, we make sure there are trained local people in areas of finance, solar pump repairs, WiFi resets, entrepreneurship skills, and community organization. We do this because we care, and we want local people to be self-sustaining, so they can help neighboring communities.
We also work with local and international partners to ensure capacity and skills are developed at a local level. Partners include: