Faith groups are involved in at least 50% of schools worldwide and up to 
70% in some countries. That's why we work with all faiths to provide 
cleaner water, better sanitation and improved hygiene – transforming 
children's lives and creating widespread community impact. 

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

Help Ugandan girls to stay in education after puberty

We are crowdfunding right now through Global Giving for our Dignity for Girls programme – please help us to keep 500 Ugandan girls in school!

We know that educating girls is critical to lifting communities out of poverty but only half of Ugandan girls complete primary school, let alone secondary. We are working with Christian and Muslim schools to reach hundreds of girls, keep them in education and build a better future. See more about what we're doing on our Global Giving campaign page. 

​And thank you for any support you can give us. It is greatly appreciated!

It's about Dignity for Girls 
– and the chance to build a BETTER future!
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The crisis

Diseases caused by contaminated water and poor sanitation kill children and blight lives. Around one in ten people lack clean, safe drinking water and one in three don't have adequate sanitation, causing people to become trapped in poverty and illness.

Why work with faiths?

Faith groups are the biggest organised element of civil society and often the most trusted and influential. They have massive outreach through youth groups, Sunday schools and madrassas, and they play a major role in education.

Harvesting water out of air 

Could we get our drinking water from the air? It's still a long way off from becoming widely available but one US tech firm is using solar panels to do just that. And the long-term promise is to go from 'water scarcity to water abundance', says Zero Mass Water.  
Faith in Water works with all the major faiths to inspire them
to give greater priority to water, sanitation and hygiene issues
in their schools and communities. We also ​help to build powerful
partnerships between secular and faith groups.

What we do

Faith in Water grew out of the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC), which was founded in 1995 to help the world's major faiths develop environmental programmes based on their beliefs.

Our faith partners told us that water and sanitation problems were the biggest environmental, social and health issues in their schools. ​Given that faiths play such a big role in education worldwide, and that water and cleanliness have spiritual significance in many religions, we realised that working specifically with faith schools could have a significant impact.

Faith in Water has a long experience of engaging faith communities. We also understand how secular groups work and what they need. By building closer relationships between faith and secular organisations, we aim to help each group to work more effectively with each other – for the benefit of people, nature and the planet. 
'The biggest change to many of the activities 
we are doing is hope. So many people have 
lost hope. We have to change this and show 
that tomorrow will be better than today.'

Muguluma Hamed, chair, Uganda Faiths Network 
on Environment Action (UFNEA) 


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The church can do more for a struggling African village than any other organisation because it is with the people all of the time. Organisations come and visit, but the church is here not only 
on Sunday, but every day of the week.’

Pastor Harry, Fombe village church, Malawi
(as told to Tearfund)​

Support us!
Can you help us TRANSFORM LIVES by bringing clean water, safe sanitation and good
hygiene to some of the world's poorest communities? Support us with a one-time donation
or a regular payment. Simply scroll down to the Charity Checkout button below to be
​taken to Faith in Water's secure online donation page. Thank you!
Christ has no body but yours, no hands, no feet on earth but yours. 

​St Teresa of Avila
Image credits, from top, left to right: Zata school well, Ethiopia, by Gary Edenfield. Red ribbons by Dan Lundmark. Bangladesh pond filter, by Shawn. 
​Children at Vrindavan, by Victoria Finlay, ARC. Rain drops, by Michael Johnson; Kenyan smile, by Brad Ruggles, Ugandan girl, by Susie Weldon.