Water & Infrastructure

Clean WaterAccess

Because life begins with clean water.

15+
Boreholes Drilled
3,000+
People Served
8
Villages Reached
About This Program

Clean Water
Access

Access to clean, safe water is the foundation of every other improvement a community can make. When families spend hours collecting water from unsafe sources, children miss school, women carry dangerous loads, and disease spreads unchecked through contaminated streams and shallow wells.

Razwa Foundation drills boreholes and constructs shadoofs across Busia District, delivering safe, clean water directly into communities. Each installation includes training on water hygiene, basic maintenance, and long-term stewardship — so communities are self-sufficient rather than dependent on outside help to maintain what they have built.

Community members collecting clean water from a borehole in Busia
Focus Areas

How We Do It

Borehole Drilling

Identifying optimal sites and constructing hand-operated or solar-powered boreholes that communities can maintain independently using local skills and readily available parts.

Shadoof Construction

Building traditional water-lifting structures that require no external power and are constructed using locally sourced materials — sustainable by design.

Water Safety Training

Teaching communities about water-borne disease, safe storage, purification, and hygiene practices that protect health for generations beyond the installation.

From the Field
Before the borehole, our children walked two hours every morning to collect water from the swamp. They missed school, they got sick. Now the water is right here. They are in class — learning, growing. That borehole changed everything for us.

Community member, Busia District

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How You Can Help

Your support — in any form — makes this program possible and keeps it growing.

Make a Donation

A direct financial contribution goes straight into program delivery — materials, training, construction, and follow-up support.

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Volunteer

Bring your skills — health, education, construction, communications — and spend time in Busia working directly with the communities we serve.

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