Other Water Organizations
The niche of Living Waters for the World in addressing the world's water crisis is the treatment of a community's available, but contaminated water source, using a small-scale batch water system located in an institutional setting.

However, there are many other organizations that address other areas of this crisis, such as the digging of wells and the laying of water pipeline. Living Waters for the World is pleased to publicize the work of these worthy organizations, in the hope that together we can improve the quality of life of millions of God's children. Some organizations are listed here, with a brief description of their missions.

To list your water organization, please contact us.  We also appreciate your adding Living Waters for the World to any crosslinks you maintain.

Blood:Water Mission
Franklin, TN

Blue Planet Run

Foundation established by Dow Chemical Inc.

Blue Planet Run Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to raising global awareness about the lack of safe drinking water, and funding working solutions today for the billion people living without ready access to this life sustaining resource.

Number of projects funded: 135
Number of people getting safe drinking water for life: 114,291
Number of school children getting safe water at school: 24,989
Number of hospital patients impacted annually:525,000
Number of countries in 2006: 9
Number of funded partners: 12; Total number of partners: 15

Charity:  Water
New York, NY

Part of Charity Global

Charity: is a nonprofit organization that stimulates greater global awareness about extreme poverty, educates the public, and provokes compassionate and intelligent giving. Charity: creates global initiatives and campaigns around specific issues such as the world’s water crisis. These actions not only educate the public and build communities of concern, but use that concern and knowledge to raise money. That money is then directly used to help the poor.

Church World Service
Elkhart, IN

Church World Service is a cooperative humanitarian ministry of 35 Protestant, Orthodox, and Anglican denominations, providing sustainable self-help and development, disaster relief, and refugee assistance in more than 80 countries. Church World Service is part of the ecumenical family of the National Council of Churches USA.

Water for Life / Water for All

• Enabling access to, and provision of, potable water through local and global partnerships
• Supporting community-based water projects and building local community capacity to inform national water and sanitation policies
• Providing a collective ecumenical voice in global public debate on water and sanitation issues
• Advocating for access to, and provision of, water as critical to achieving the Millennium Development Goals
• Building grassroots support for Congressional legislation that supports universal access to water worldwide.

Global Water International
Oxnard, CA

Global Water is an international, non-profit humanitarian organization specifically committed to the development of safe water supplies in rural areas of developing countries. In addition, our water supply projects often include complementary programs that include effective sanitation and hygiene facilities in association with related health education.

• Partnership with Clearly Canadian Beverage Company
• Projects in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Central America

Healing Waters International
Golden, CO

Founded in 1999
First installation in Dominican Republic
Other projects in Mexico, Guatemala, and Kenya
~37 projects completed, 30 in DR

Healing Waters International Core Values:
Christ centered, Sustainability, Integrity, Accountability, Accessibility
The Healing Waters International Concept: Four Keys to Sustainability:

Use a local church to manage the system

• Provide clean water at a very affordable price
• Create demand by offering a very good product
• Offer water free to a local school

 
The cost of sponsoring a complete system ranges from $24,000 to $36,000, depending on the country. Current sponsorship prices are Guatemala, $24,000; Mexico $24,000; and Dominican Republic, $36,000.
Sponsoring a system covers the cost of building a water system capable of purifying at least 5,000 gallons per day (10,000 people), depending on the amount of raw water and electricity that is available. Systems utilize a variety of technologies based on the condition of the raw water. Healing Waters systems have utilized the following technologies: sand filtration, carbon filtration, softening, reverse osmosis, ozone or chlorine disinfection, and ultraviolet light.
Installed systems are self-sufficient, no on-going commitment required by sponsor.

Lifewater International
St. Luis Obispo, CA

23 full & part-time people

Lifewater International Monetary Gift Designation Policy
Lifewater wants to ensure that the maximum amount of your donation reaches water, sanitation, and hygiene projects with the minimum amount of administrative cost.
Gifts designated to “where needed most” help us do this. We especially encourage this option for donations under $500. If you would like to designate your gift to a specific country or project, please contact us for more information. Gifts designated to Volunteer Trainers will be respected regardless of amount.

Mission Statement:
Compelled by God’s call and the global water and sanitation crisis, Lifewater International equips partner organizations and works with them to empower communities in developing countries to gain safe water, adequate sanitation, effective hygiene, and the knowledge of Jesus’ love.

Our Vision:
Our vision is a world where every person has access to safe water, improved health, and the knowledge of Jesus’ love.

Lifewater International is a Christian organization that focuses on holistic water development training around the world. Qualified, U.S-based Volunteer Trainers (VTs) train nationals overseas in the technical and community development skills needed to improve their own water supplies, and hygiene and sanitation conditions in their communities.
Our programs are designed to be a visible form of God’s grace in the world. We seek to integrate spiritual and physical principles throughout our training programs. Our water development programs use cost-effective technologies and community participation. Below are our most successful methods of accessing, using, and maintaining safe drinking water.

• Biosand Filters
• Hand Pump Repair
• Hygiene Education
• Sanitation
• Shallow Water Well Drilling

Living Water International
Houston, TX

Living Water International (LWI) has been working towards an end to the global water crisis for more than 17 years, and has directly implemented 5,000 (and counting) water projects. We have developed the most effective dollar-for-dollar model in operation. Our approach-to train, equip, and consult nationals-ensures that the energy and resources contributed by volunteers and donors result in sustainable, participatory water systems that meet the long-term needs of communities.

Marion Medical Mission
Marion, IL

Marion Medical Mission is an ecumenical, Christian, front-line, hands-on, volunteer, non-profit organization that responds to Christ's call to serve by working hand in hand with God's people in Africa.

Marion Medical Mission's Shallow Well Program is a self-help program that represents development that is sustained in the village.

Since 1991 Marion Medical Mission has built over 5600 shallow wells providing over 1,400,000 people with safe drinking water.
Jim Nussbaumer is Second Vice-president of MMM. 
He is on the steering committee of the PC-USA Malawi Mission Network.

We show the love of Christ through projects that directly impact the African people, stressing self-help and sustainability.

Play Pumps International

PlayPumps International’s mission is help improve the lives of children and their families by providing easy access to clean drinking water, enhancing public health, and offering play equipment to millions across Africa.  
PlayPumps International is a NGO registered in South Africa and a sister 501(c) 3 organization in the U.S. 
We strive to bring joy and play into the lives of African children, better health for millions, and to achieve the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals.

Potters for Peace
Bizbee, AZ

Water Filter projects:  Potters for Peace (PFP) does not own or manage water filter manufacturing facilities but offers technical know-how in filter making to a local sponsoring organization. They will typically read about the clay filters on the internet or hear about them at a conference and then get in touch with PFP. A process then begins of evaluating the practicality of a new project. This is done utilizing the Project Guidelines available on our website.  The base for PFP’s pottery activity is Nicaragua with occasional involvement in neighboring countries. We may work elsewhere by request and after an assessment by director or coordinator and if a consultant or volunteer is available. 

Rotary International

Rotary International’s programs and service opportunities, listed below, are designed to help Rotarians meet the needs of their own communities and assist people worldwide.
Global Networking Groups encompass Rotary Fellowships (vocational and recreational interest groups) and Rotarian Action Groups (groups focused on service activities). The more than 90 Global Networking Groups are open to all Rotarians, spouses of Rotarians, and Rotaractors.

The H20 Project
Spring, TX

The H2O Project exists as a support tool for charitable organizations that provide clean water where it is needed most. To donate now, click on one of the organizations below.
Water/Drilling Organizations:

• The Center for Mission
• Lifewater International
• Living Water International
• Water For People
• World Vision, Inc.
• CRS
• Gospel For Asia
• Blood: Water Mission
• Village Schools International
• Thirst Relief International

Thirst Relief International
Westerville, OH

Thirst Relief International utilizes a proven partnership operating model to effectively and efficiently implement our clean drinking water projects. We work in conjunction with a worldwide distribution network of missionaries, churches, and other tax-exempt 501(c)3 organizations interested in providing clean drinking water as part of their social assistance programs. These trusted partners are already operating at the point of need, and provide the advantages of language understanding, cultural sensitivity, and established relationships with the beneficiaries. This highly integral distribution network is used to help identify clean drinking water needs, provide input to formulate the best clean water solution, and ultimately assist with the distribution and implementation of the clean water systems.
…2007 marked another year of sustainable growth and expansion for Thirst Relief International. Working in close relationship with our trusted partner organizations, Thirst Relief expanded our Amazon and Zambia water projects, and started new water projects in Mexico, India, Tanzania, and Kenya. In summary, over 28,000 people in 6 different countries on 4 different continents received the gift of clean drinking water in 2007 at an average cost of $2.65 per person.

UNICEF and Circle K International

The Kiwanis Family and UNICEF have partnered for over a decade to save children’s lives.  Now, CKI and UNICEF join together to help provide the most basic element to life:  clean water and sanitation.

Through a new partnership, CKI members will raise funds for the Six Cents Initiative. By raising even a small donation, CKI members can help save a child by helping them get the rehydrating salts they need to survive the diseases they often acquire through drinking contaminated waters. If CKI can raise US $500,000 over the years, UNICEF will be able to purchase ALL of the following:

• 100,000 sachets of Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS)
• 65,000 collapsible water containers for transporting and storing 10 liters of water
• 1,000 basic family water kits for families to use during an emergency situation.

Water 1st International
Seattle, WA

Water 1st wants to unite people to fight this worldwide, silent catastrophe. We believe the global water crisis will be solved when we build a community of concerned individuals and motivate and mobilize them to take simple, effective actions.

• In 2006 water projects in four countries helped 7,000 people (India, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Honduras)
• 2006 Water 1st India Program:
• Cost/beneficiary: $8/person
• Locals paid 25% of capital costs
• 2006 Water 1st Honduras Program:
• Cost/beneficiary: $93/person

WaterAid America
New York, NY

WaterAid’s mission is to overcome poverty by enabling the world’s poorest people to gain access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education.

• Prince Charles was president in the early 1990’s
• $5 million in donations 2007
• Charitable trust formed in 1981

Water for People
Denver, CO

Water For People helps people in developing countries improve their quality of life by supporting the development of locally sustainable drinking water resources, sanitation facilities and health and hygiene education programs.

Funded by American Water Works Assoc (AWWA)

• $5 million in projects 2006
• $1 million budget
• 7 sponsors at $100,000/yr level – Environmental consultants CDM, CH2M Hill, AWWA, etc.

Water Partners International
Kansas City, MO

WaterPartners International is a U.S.-based nonprofit organization committed to providing safe drinking water and sanitation to people in developing countries. Working in partnership with donors and local communities, we have helped thousands of people develop accessible, sustainable, community-level water supplies. WaterPartners not only offers traditional, grant-funded programs, but is also harnessing the power of micro-finance to address the world water crisis.

Water Advocates
Washington, DC

Water Advocates is the first US-based nonprofit organization dedicated solely to increasing American support for worldwide access to safe, affordable and sustainable supplies of drinking water and adequate sanitation.
Our purpose is advocacy, not implementation of projects. Water Advocates works with all sectors of American society to increase public and private-citizen funding for effective water, sanitation and hygiene projects and initiatives internationally, particularly those characterized by strong community involvement.

Waterlines
Santa Fe, NM

Waterlines is a publicly-funded, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, incorporated in New Mexico since 1988. Its purpose is to aid U.S. churches and other organizations in providing clean drinking water to communities in developing countries.

Waterlines has provided funding and/or technical expertise for drinking-water projects in over 200 communities in twelve countries (Mexico, El Salvador, Panama, Bolivia, Peru, Nicaragua, Haiti, the Philippines, India, Honduras, Ethiopia and Kenya). Waterlines works in small villages (usually with populations between 200 and 2,000 people), where existing water sources are contaminated or distant.