community-led clean water systems in Uganda
On a mission to ensure every Ugandan has access to clean, flowing water that lasts for generations.
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Tracey DeGraaf
CEO
Together we go further.
Clean water is the foundation for health, opportunity, and dignity. But it’s not enough for water to be safe—it has to be close to home. By reducing water-fetching time from hours to minutes, families can game time back for school, work, and rest.
We partner with communities so they can embrace the benefits of life-giving clean water, sanitation, and hygiene in Uganda.
To see communities thriving through the elimination of water poverty.
We demonstrate our faith and love in Christ through the practical expression of love in delivering clean water to people in need.
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We are Christians, motivated by our faith to empower vulnerable people in Uganda with the life-changing natural resource of clean water.We believe that bringing clean water is a genuine expression of our Christian faith.
Throughout scripture, we are called to let our actions speak as a witness and that every man, woman, and child should be afforded justice, dignity, and provision when in need of it.
We believe that everyone is made in the image of Christ Jesus and that all are intended to flourish physically, emotionally, socially, and spiritually. We believe all are called to the redemptive work of partnering with the Holy Spirit to bring Shalom to this world.
We see water as a foundation–a catalyst–for the restoration of dignity and empowerment for communities to begin to flourish and thrive.
We also know that when clean water is accessible, it enables the work of the local church and other ministries to function more effectively because their day-to-day isn’t disrupted by the effects of water poverty.
Our focus is on being the best at providing long-term, sustainable community transformation through clean water so that the local church and other missional ministries can focus on delivering long-term, sustainable Christian discipleship. Together, we believe that this can transform communities, nations, and the world.
We strive for sustainable development, investing for the long term here and abroad. Our legacy matters to us.
We work best through partnerships in Canada and in Uganda. To do partnership well, we start with an underpinning of mutual respect, dignity and hope for all. We will partner with communities and individuals in Uganda and Canada, funders, institutions, implementing partners, local stakeholders and ultimately Christ in an effort to fulfill our purpose.
We aim to achieve maximum impact within the resources (time, talent and treasure) that have been entrusted to us. This means committing to monitoring & evaluation, looking at impact over outputs, and asking the question "how can we do it better." We treat every dollar as being hard earned, and selflessly given by the donor for us to steward on their behalf. No gift is taken for granted and our posture of gratitude motivates us to work hard to achieve this impact.
We value our accountability to our donors, government, community at large, the people we serve and ultimately Christ. This sense of accountability motivates us to strive for the best in governance, program, finance and fundraising practices.
ACTS FOR WATER
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