WaterAid is an international NGO providing clean water, sanitation and hygiene to the world’s poorest people. We help local organisations establish low cost, sustainable projects using technology that can be locally managed. WaterAid Australia manages country programs in South East Asia and the Pacific, and currently run programs in Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea and Cambodia.

WaterAid enables the world's poorest people to gain access to clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene, allowing them to unlock their potential.

The crisis

Diarrhoea caused by dirty water  and poor toilets kills almost 800 children a day. A lack of clean water,  decent toilets and good hygiene keeps kids out of school, adults out of work and traps people in poverty.

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How we do it

We tackle the issue from all angles. We work with local partners to deliver clean water and decent toilets, and promote good hygiene, and campaign to change normal for everyone, everywhere.

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Our impact

Together we can unlock people’s potential with clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene. Without all three, people can’t live dignified, healthy lives. With all three, they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty, and change their lives for good.

With clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene, children are born healthier. They get the chance to go to school, and grow up to become adults. Women and men get to earn a living. Whole communities start to thrive. It sounds normal and it should be. 

In a world with so many competing priorities, WaterAid remains resolutely focused on tackling these three essentials because they transform people’s lives for good.

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