Support water
Provide a brighter future for communities by providing life-saving water, health and sanitation facilities.
How your support helps
Clean, safe water
Protects children’s health and helps them attend school
Toilets
Prevent disease, improve health and increase safety
Bore hole pumps
Provide easy access to safe water for communities
Provide a brighter future for children and save lives
Each day, nearly 1,000 children around the world die due to preventable water and sanitation-related diseases. 2.4 billion people lack access to basic sanitation services, such as toilets or latrines, and 1.8 billion people rely on contaminated water sources. Link
Poverty and poor health are strongly linked. With limited access to clean water and poor hygiene practices, children are often sick and cannot attend school. Their communities struggle with preventable disease and ongoing malnutrition.
Health supporters
Save lives by giving children fresh water, clean toilets, and support programs to:
- Install water pipes, tanks, taps and toilets in schools and communities
- Educate on hygiene, nutrition, maternal, child health and disease prevention
- Train health workers (and birth attendants), and build advocacy for health services
- Empower people living with a disability through community-based rehabilitation
- Facilitate home care for people living with HIV
Lilian's Story
When she was two years old, Lillian lost the ability to walk. Her sole carer, her grandmother, had to carry her granddaughter on her back or leave her sitting in one place for hours. Eventually, Lillian learned to walk again but she had ongoing challenges.
Ten years ago, life changed for Lillian. She went to live at The Salvation Army’s Home of Joy (Uganda), where she was able to go to school and learn hairdressing skills.
Through another Salvation Army project that helps provide a safe environment and practical support for children, including those living with disabilities, Lillian was reunited with her grandmother.
Continued love and empowerment
I can freely associate with my friends now that I am back in the community, and I am helping grandmother with domestic work, and we are living a happy life.
Your support
