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24 PhDs.
$0 Overhead
100% to Solutions
Volunteer scientists solving
water problems worldwide.
Cambodia • Ghana • Philippines • India • Guatemala • Congo
Waterborne Disease Prevention
Heavy Metal Removal
Fishery Restoration
Food &
Nutrition
Synergy
The Problem
A Child Gets Sick Every Day
Today, a child from an impoverished village just got sick with a common waterborne disease.
With no hospital nearby or money to pay for treatment, this preventable situation is often a death sentence.
The Poverty Trap
52% of the world live on less than $10 a day.
The lost productivity, missed school, and healthcare costs of waterborne disease are a crushing weight that makes escaping poverty nearly impossible.
Broken Solutions
While thousands of NGOs fight this war, progress is slow because too many donations fund marketing campaigns and seven-figure salaries instead of actual solutions.
Why We're Different
4 Ways We Fight for Clean Water
We focus on the four key areas that create the most significant impact.
Waterborne Disease
Prevention
Giving every child the foundation for a healthy life.
The Problem:
Diarrheal diseases kill more children under five than malaria, AIDS, and measles combined—yet the solution typically costs less than $5/person per year.
How We Help:
We provide scientific blueprints for gravity filtration, ultrafiltration, biosand filters, and disinfection systems tailored to each community's water source, infrastructure, and budget.
Return on Investment:
Every $1 invested returns up to $25 in averted healthcare costs and increased productivity.
In the US, water treatment in the early 20th Century was linked to a 60% drop in infant mortality and a 15 year life expectancy increase.
Toxin &
Heavy Metal Management
Breaking the toxic cycle of sickness and poverty.
The Problem:
Hundreds of millions of people are unknowingly drinking water laced with arsenic, lead, or mercury—geological and industrial poisons that cause cancer, brain damage, and developmental disorders.
How We Help:
We help partners identify the specific threats and design targeted filtration systems to neutralize them.
Return on Investment:
Reducing heavy metal exposure is a powerful investment in the future - delivering returns as high as
17-to-1, with massive long-term gains from protecting children's brain development.
This intervention is synergistic with educational investments
Fisheries & Freshwater Economies
Restoring the foundations of food and income.
The Problem:
Communities depend on local lakes and rivers for protein and livelihood. Untreated sewage and nutrient runoff fuel algal blooms that deplete oxygen, kill fish, and collapse local economies.
How We Help:
We guide scientific treatments, implement nature-based solutions, and provide local fishery management education to restore and protect these vital ecosystems.
Return on Investment:
Restoration projects that enhance fishery yields and local tourism benefit the local fishers who typically live on less than $5/day, improve local nutrition through higher supply of protein and omega-3s - delivering a long-term ROI of 10-to-1 or higher.
Clean Water Synergies:
Food & Nutrition
Healthier crops. Stronger bodies. Fewer deaths.
The Problem:
For the 3.5 billion people who depend on rice, contaminated water and nutrient-poor soil reduces food security. Additionally, common vitamin deficiencies can increase the risk of death from waterborne diseases by more than 60% in children.
How We Help:
We optimize soil biogeochemistry to increase yield, nutrition, and reduce toxin uptake. We pair this with Vitamin A and Zinc supplementation to dramatically reduce waterborne disease severity and child mortality.
Return on Investment:
Zinc supplementation when symptomatic decreases child mortality by up to 46% in high-burden areas.
Our Global Impact
Empowering Local Partners to Deliver Clean Water
Knowledge is only powerful when it is shared and applied.
In each of our 6 projects across 4 countries, our experts work side-by-side with local partners, translating scientific principles into sustainable, locally-owned clean water solutions.
Explore our impact on the map below.
Leadership & Advisory Board
Solution Seekers
The Leadership Team of Clean Water Help
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The Clean Water Council
The Advisors of Clean Water Help
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Our Vision, Mission, and Guiding Principles
Our Vision
A world where water is clean, safe, accessible, and affordable for EVERYONE.
Our Mission
To connect communities in need of clean water with water resource experts and cost-effective, life-changing solutions.
Our Guiding Principles
Our mission is guided by these four core principles:
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Human Health First: We prioritize projects that have a direct and measurable impact on human health, from providing safe drinking water to mitigating the long-term effects of toxins.
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Practical Solutions: We are not obsessed with complexity; we are obsessed with what works. We use sound science and rigorous analysis to find the most simple, effective, and sustainable solution for each community's specific needs.
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Prioritize Collaborations: Complex challenges require diverse teams. We work to forge partnerships between communities, universities, governments, and other non-profits to drive solutions forward.
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Financial Stewardship: We are dedicated to eliminating waste and maximizing the return on investment for every donation, ensuring the greatest possible benefit for the communities we serve.