Who we are
Photo: Bright smiles, by Brad Ruggles
Faith in Water is a not-for-profit foundation that works with faith communities and secular organisations to improve the lives of the world's poorest people through cleaner water, decent sanitation and good hygiene. 
'You have the trust. Indeed, you have the trust of more people than any other national and international organisations.'

– Mounkaila Goumandakoye, Director, 
UNEP's Regional Office for Africa, 
on faith groups, Nairobi 2012 

Background to Faith in Water

What we do

Putting Clean Hands Together
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. Water and cleanliness have spiritual significance in many major faiths.
Faith in Water works to: 
  • Inspire faith groups to focus on water, sanitation and hygiene in their teaching and practices. 
  • Broker powerful partnerships with secular groups working in WASH.
Working with ARC, WASH in Schools Mapping and UNICEF, we produced the publication Putting Clean Hands Together which looks at how faith and secular groups can work better together for greater community impact. 
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Read our Annual Reviews

Annual Review 2017

2017 was a busy and exciting year for Faith in Water, with the development of projects and partnerships and a major focus on fundraising. Our menstrual health programme is about to move into an exciting new phase (more news on this to come soon) and we delivered faith-based WASH programmes in Indonesia and Bangladesh. Click here.

Annual Review 2016

2016 was our first year as an independent, registered charity. We launched Putting Clean Hands Together (developed in collaboration with UNICEF), held nine workshops on menstrual health in Uganda and developed a menstrual health toolkit for Christian and Muslim schools, among other things. Phew! Read our annual review here.
Image credits, clockwise from top: Bright smiles, by Brad Ruggles. Washing hands, Kenya, by ARC. New clean water taps, by ARC. Class act, Tanzania, by ARC.