Why Clean Water Matters for Rural Villages: The Impact of Easy Water for Everyone
With Giving Tuesday approaching on December 3rd, it’s a powerful time to consider the importance of clean water in rural villages across sub-Saharan Africa. Easy Water for Everyone is dedicated to transforming lives, particularly children under age, by ensuring that clean, safe water is accessible to those who need it most.
Water is life and the foundation of all human activities.
With Giving Tuesday approaching on December 3rd, it’s a powerful time to consider the importance of clean water in rural villages across sub-Saharan Africa. Easy Water for Everyone is dedicated to transforming lives, particularly for children underage, by ensuring that clean, safe water is accessible to those who need it most.
Health and Wellbeing
Waterborne diseases like diarrhea and cholera remain a significant threat to rural families, especially children. Our NUF500 filtration device removes harmful pathogens such as E. coli in most water sources, reducing childhood disease by 88% and ensuring families can drink water without fear.
Empowering Women and Girls
Access to clean water brings transformative benefits, particularly for women and girls, who often bear the responsibility of water collection. Easy Water for Everyone’s solutions empower girls to stay in school and enable women to pursue opportunities that uplift their families and communities, fostering health, education, and economic growth.
Education and Economic Growth
Access to clean water boosts school attendance and creates a healthier, more economically productive community. Schools become safer learning environments, and families can work and thrive without the disruptions caused by waterborne illnesses.
Sustainable, Scalable Solutions
Our gravity-powered water filtration devices require no electricity and are designed for long-term use. They ensure that villages can maintain independent access to clean water. This sustainable solution brings lasting change to communities.
Join Us on GivingTuesday
Clean water is more than a basic need; it’s the foundation for health, empowerment, and opportunity. This GivingTuesday, December 3rd, join us in our mission to bring clean, safe water to more villages. Your support can create ripples of change, transforming lives and paving the way for a brighter future.
Transforming Lives in Ghana: Support Our Solar Water Expansion
At Easy Water for Everyone, we are dedicated to creating sustainable water solutions for communities in need. In January 2020, we partnered with the Afram Plains Development Organization (APDO) to install two Gravity Water Stations in the Kodidi and Madagascar communities located in Ghana’s Kwahu Afram Plains South District.
These water stations were designed to extract water from the Oti River, which is over 600 meters from both communities.
Overcoming Initial Challenges
Initially, these stations relied on gasoline-powered pumps for water distribution. However, due to the fact that adulterated gasoline is often supplied to these remote areas, the pumps frequently break down. After just two weeks, the pumps required costly repairs, and transporting them to the district capital for maintenance became a major challenge.
The Shift to Solar Power
Recognizing the need for a reliable and sustainable solution, Easy Water for Everyone launched a fundraising campaign to replace the gasoline pumps with solar-powered systems. Despite the challenges of working from boats during installation, our team successfully installed the solar-powered pumps, ensuring a steady supply of clean water to these communities.
Today, the residents of Kodidi and Madagascar enjoy continuous access to clean water. The new system operates under a pay-to-fetch model, empowering local women as "waterpreneurs" who manage water sales and funds. These women work closely with the Water and Sanitation Management Committees to ensure the sustainability of the system, while also supporting their own livelihoods.
Next Steps: Expanding to More Communities
While we have made significant progress in Kodidi and Madagascar, there is still work to be done. Two additional communities in Ghana’s Oti Region urgently need solar-powered pumps to ensure safe and reliable access to clean water.
We’re calling on our generous supporters to help us expand this life-changing initiative. Your contributions can make a direct impact by providing sustainable water solutions to even more villages in need.
Together, We Can Make a Difference
Thank you to our supporters for making these advancements possible. Donating today can bring clean, safe water to more communities and change lives for generations to come.
Asunafo South District Assembly Partners with Easy Water for Everyone to Extend Clean Water Access
[September 11, 2024] – In August 2024, as part of the Asunafo South Nsupa ne Ahoteɛ Nkosoɔ (ASNAN Initiative), the Asunafo South District Assembly signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Easy Water for Everyone (EWfE), a non-profit organization that provides sustainable, clean drinking water to communities with populations of 300 and above. This collaboration will bring clean water access to several underserved areas within the district, advancing local efforts toward achieving universal Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) coverage by 2030.
As part of the first phase, EWfE has completed a “Willingness to Pay” assessment in Betenasua and identified Tanoso and Dwakwakrom for the initial round of Gravity Water Station (GWS) installations, scheduled for completion between September and November 2024. The stations will serve Tanoso (830 people), Betenasua (308 people), and Dwakwakrom (465 people).
EWfE’s commitment to sustainable solutions, supported by a pay-to-fetch model and solar-powered GWS, ensures year-round water availability in rural areas. The organization, led by Country Director Harrison Matti, will work closely with the district’s planning office and the Assembly to guarantee project timelines are met.
The District Chief Executive (DCE), Frank Adu Poku, expressed his full support for the partnership, emphasizing the district’s commitment to improving water access for all communities.
After the MoU was signed, the technical team of EWfE working in the Asunafo South District conducted a working visit to the Asutifi North District to inspect the GWS. The visit was also aimed at helping the District team adequately prepare to meet their financial commitments under the partnership.
The DCE expressed his excitement about working with EWfE to address the district’s water and sanitation challenges and recognized IRC Ghana’s valuable role in facilitating this partnership.
For further information, please contact:
Harrison Matti - Country Director
harrison.matti@easywaterforeveryone.org