Women in Africa face complex barriers. It’s why they currently spend 40 billion hours per year* fetching water.
*UN Millenium Development Report 2012
Let’s go beyond hope.
What if we provide women with access to renewable energy, water & training so that they can put their 40 billion hours of effort into something more productive?
WaterforAfricanWomen.org is a small, hands-on organization. We are dedicated to addressing these barriers, reducing these hours, and providing solar-powered irrigation for growing food in Africa. It’s why the women we work with, supported by their communities, end up growing tons of food with tons of dignity.
This is a solution within our reach.
There’s a smarter path forward
“Canada’s WaterforAfricanWomen.org addresses food & economics in an entirely unique way: they build trust with women first. Their impressive results merit funding as food security indicators are pointing in the right direction.”
Please watch how we build trust.
Here’s the Water Math
43 women want to grow healthy food.
They’ll water everyday for 8 months during the dry season
Water-on-Head
5 hours per day
x 43 women
requires
60 000 hours/year
vs.
Hose-in-Hand
80 minutes per day
x 43 women
requires
15 000 hours/year
Difference = 45 000 hours
That’s 5 years of women’s time.
Saved.
Every year.
The women of Kabrousse village in Sénégal used their extra time to go from 500 to over 50,000 lbs of harvested food in 18 months.
African-Women-with-Water changes Everything.
WHY IT MATTERS?
Empowered women:
WE ARE THE LUCKIEST NGO ON THE PLANET
At WaterforAfricanWomen.org we get to laugh and dance with brilliant African women. Instead of pulling up water all day, they are pulling themselves out of poverty.
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Our founder and executive director Jonathon Ellison, landscape architect, with namesake and executive Splashy-Splashy Expert, Jonathon Diatta (one and a half).