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How Can Nonprofit Organizations Help the Global Water Crisis?

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Many nonprofit organizations worldwide are doing their part to help solve the global water crisis. Non-governmental organizations, alliances and ministries crisscross the world to address global and local water issues. No single organization can solve the water crisis on its own. The issues surrounding water, and the global crisis, are varied. For instance, the tap water contamination in Flint, Michigan, is an entirely different issue than the environmental water scarcity facing most of sub-Saharan Africa. London, England, is nearly at capacity to provide water to its citizens, but this issue is separate from a rural South Asian village’s lack of any nearby water source. The world needs organizations examining sanitation, desalination, global warming and population management. Each of these areas is related to when, how and where we draw our water. Nonprofits that can work closely with governments are needed as well as those that can innovate water filters. GFA World has been working...
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What Types of Water Organizations Are There?

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There are many types of water organizations. Some of them aim to give access to water, while others emphasize sanitation, which is closely linked to clean water. Each organization is part of a much-needed global effort to provide and maintain access to sufficient safe water for the world’s population. The World Economic Forum in 2019 called the water crisis one of the largest global risks over the next decade. 1 In 2017, the World Health Organization and United Nations Children’s Fund reported that 2.9 billion people do not have access to a safely managed source of water. 2 And it’s not purely a socioeconomic issue. Large portions of the western United States face water scarcity, evidence that factors beyond wealth and country of origin contribute to water access. Organizations that focus on sanitation include the UN, UNICEF and the WHO. Without an understanding and plan for proper sanitation, potential water sources could be jeopardized. Still other organizations focus on education...
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What Are Clean Water Organizations Doing to Solve the Global Water Crisis?

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Clean water organizations worldwide are bringing multiple solutions to different parts of the planet to provide safe water for the millions without access to clean water. Nonprofit organizations, such as World Water Council, UNICEF, Water.org, World Water Forum, Rehydrate.org and GFA World, have dedicated resources and funding to solving what many have determined to be a growing, global crisis. Safe water is a multi-layered issue ranging from sanitation to weather patterns to population sizes. Different organizations offer different solutions that fit varied environments. WHO and UNICEF are jointly monitoring the worldwide progress that organizations are making together. 1 This helps groups like GFA World and Water.org know how they are helping the water crisis. Organizations working toward safe water provide things like personal water filters, wells and group water filters. GFA World has drilled more than 30,000 wells in multiple countries. Dug up to 200 meters – or 600 feet – thes...
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What We Can Do Together Through Clean Water Charity

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Up to 60% of an adult human body is made up of water, and human lungs by themselves are 83% water. 1 A human can go several days without food before essential bodily functions start to shut down. Water, on the other hand, is needed daily. Yet, close to 2 billion people do not have adequate access to water for their basic biological needs. Another 4 billion do not have reliable access to water at least one month a year. This is why the world needs organizations focused on clean water charity. The United Nations has committed to having clean water as a top initiative for a decade, from 2018-2028, because of its global importance. Nonprofit organizations, such as World Water Council, UNICEF, Water.org, World Water Forum, Rehydrate.org and GFA World, have dedicated resources and funding to solving what many have determined to be a growing, global crisis. These and other water organizations can make a difference. Access to water that is clean is not just about what is available. It’s also ...
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Nonprofit Water Organizations

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More than 2 billion people live in arid or semi-arid regions, which are considered too dry or barren to support vegetation due to the small amount of rainfall they receive. [1] People living in these countries are literally dying from water-borne illnesses—which is why the work that nonprofit water organizations do is so essential. According to a United Nations report, “Desertification, land degradation, and drought already affect more than three billion people, mostly poor rural communities, small-scale farmers, women, youth, indigenous peoples, and other at-risk groups. The situation is particularly acute in the dryland regions that cover over 45% of the total land area and are home to one in three people in the world today.” [2] Drylands cover about 40 percent of the earth, but deep underneath the barren land, water flows. While in South Asia, despite some villages having wells, they still often dry up during drought season. However, GFA World drills its Jesus Wells 600 feet or mo...
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Water Organizations

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Some water organizations focus solely on drilling wells to address the problem of clean water access. At GFA World, however, we provide multiple solutions to providing clean drinking water to families in need. When families live near a water source but the water is contaminated, GFA World supplies BioSand water filters. These filters employ a concrete box filled with levels of fine and coarse sand and a diffuser plate to filter water and remove 98 percent of biological impurities. BioSand water filters literally transform murky, dirty water into clean, clear water that is safe to drink. In 2019 alone, GFA World provided 12,243 BioSand water filters to people in 16 Asian countries [1] , including Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. In total, GFA World has provided more than 73,500 BioSand water filters to people in need. [2] These filters have impacted so many families, including Savina’s. Savina’s children regularly suffered from disease because their only water source was a local pond s...
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Clean Water Organizations

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GFA World follows through on its clean water charity work by making sure that once it drills a Jesus Well, the well continues to work for decades. This kind of commitment isn’t always realized in other clean water organizations; some organizations just drill a well and leave the village without ensuring there is someone to maintain it. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been wasted on water projects by other clean water organizations in rural Africa because the tens of thousands of boreholes with motorized pumps that have been installed haven’t been properly maintained. [1] Instead, these wells have fallen into disrepair. For example, only 33 out of 52 deep water borehole systems built in the 1980s by a charity in Senegal’s Kaolack region still work. [2] With non-working wells, people in these communities can easily fall into the same cycle of poverty and disease that the wells were meant to help pull them out of. At GFA World, we care for our Jesus Wells as a community. Members of...
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