water changes everything
You are changing lives and creating hope through clean water and sustainable programs. LEARN MOREdonateIt Starts with water
Access to clean, safe water is a catalyst for change and the first step to elevating communities from a cycle of sickness and poverty to one of health and hope.
“This water filter saved my family’s life and changed how our communities live.” Quote Needed
CLEAN WATER
Distributing water filter kits to communities that do not have access to clean water. Each filter provides clean water for up to 25 people and will last many years. Before the filter distributions, we provide water, sanitation, and hygiene training (WASH) to all recipients and often to whole communities.
LOCAL LEADERSHIP
Through carefully vetted local partners, our reach has expanded dramatically. Monthly support to schools, orphanages, housing, and food allows for the best use of resources and ensures funds are directly used towards programs in Africa.
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
Expanding our investment in sustainable projects in the communities serving vulnerable children. This may include school buildings, housing, farming, animals, small businesses, water wells and other projects that will provide sustainable growth.
Education
Together, we are improving infrastructure throughout schools in rural Africa, providing education, and transforming communities by sponsoring vulnerable children.
Water filters distributed
people now have access to clean water
communities impacted
The Water Crisis
THE PROBLEM: Over 3,100 children die yearly from diarrhea caused by unsafe water and poor sanitation in Kenya. 41% of the 53 million people in Kenya do not have access to clean water—a true water crisis.
- People have no consistent access to clean, safe water. Common water sources are local watering holes for animals and people alike, runoff from Mt. Kilimanjaro, a small stream, or Lake Victoria (filled with raw sewage, industrial waste, parasites, bacteria, and disease.)
- Water-borne diseases are an ongoing, preventable health crisis in Kenya. People have been unprotected from epidemics such as cholera, typhoid, and parasitic worms.
- The exposure rate is exceptionally high because the water is not only contaminated at the basins and pumps where it is collected, but also the containers are almost always “found,” second-hand objects, often previously used for oil, fertilizer, or waste.
THE SOLUTION: For $65 you can donate a water filter to a family who does not have access to clean, safe water. Our water filters are simple and effective and do not require replaceable parts. YOU can bring health to schools, villages, and orphanages and allow families to thrive.
Just ONE can make a difference, will YOU?
A Bigger Vision
Kenya has 3 million orphans; 47% are orphaned due to HIV and AIDS.
The long-term strategic goal of Just One Africa is to empower local leaders who care for vulnerable children within their community with sustainable solutions. These solutions provide long-term access to clean and safe water, quality education, life skills training, adequate safe housing, and more efficient agricultural methods. These continuing viable solutions will reduce the reliance on outside sources of funding and furnish them with the means and ability to provide for themselves and those they care for.
We strongly believe in sustainable solutions for long-term impact. It is paramount to work closely with our local leaders by investing in who they are and also building deep relationships with them based on trust and respect. We take a lot of time to listen and ask questions to determine what they desire to see happen in their communities. From that input, we move forward, creating sustainable solutions that will be managed, constructed, and maintained locally.
10 Ways Clean Water Can Change the World
Clean Water
The water filters we use are simple, effective, and save lives. Your gift of $65 filters up to 1 million gallons of clean, safe water.
children's programs
Through our local partners, children are cared for through family-style care, giving them the nurture and care they deserve.
Shop for Good
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