Over the years, we’ve seen its incredible power to transform villages just like Eliza’s and Rakesh’s in remote corners of India. When communities gain access to safe water, lives are changed in amazing ways. Girls, who once spent their days walking miles for water, can instead go to school and get an education. Families stop suffering from waterborne illnesses, and children grow up healthier and stronger. Women gain back hours every day to invest in their families or earn an income. Clean water doesn’t just quench thirst — it brings well-being, education, and hope.

Our mission is simple but urgent. We want to bring the life-changing gift of clean water to villages that still endure the hardship of unsafe and faraway water sources. And we need your help to make this a reality.

On my most recent visit to a remote village, I saw firsthand how devastating the absence of clean water can be. The children looked weary, and the adults, who should have been leading their families and communities, seemed exhausted by the daily struggle to find water. Streams dried to gravel, young girls carrying heavy pots, the worry in mothers’ eyes — the scene was heartbreaking. This is why we cannot wait.

For Lila, a mother of three from the Adivasi community, the story is painfully familiar. Life for her begins and ends with the constant search for water. Every day, she and other women in her village set off on a grueling hike to reach a small stream — the only water source for their families. The path is hard, the heat merciless, and the water heavy to carry. But even after all this, the water they bring back is unsafe.

The stream water is often contaminated, riddled with invisible dangers. Over the years, Lila has seen her children and neighbors fall sick time and again. Poisonous fevers and relentless bouts of diarrhea fixtures of life in her village. When illness strikes, the nearest medical care is an exhausting 25-kilometer trip away—too far and too costly for most families.

The lack of awareness about hygiene adds another layer to this challenge. Many don’t realize the importance of basics like washing hands before eating, simply because no one has had the chance to teach them. Even when Lila tries, she is fighting a losing battle without clean, reliable water.

A well in Lila’s village would bring health, time, and opportunity—so her children can stop worrying about sickness, her neighbors can stop walking miles for a drink, and her community can move forward.

We’ve seen what clean water can do for villages like Eliza’s and Rakesh’s. Lives are transformed when families no longer have to battle dirty water. Now, we want to bring that same transformation to Lila’s village—and many more like it.

Will you help us give Lila’s community and others like hers the life-giving gift of clean water?