Our Partners

We share the same vision with all our Africa partners of a world where no-one suffers from diseases caused by poor water, hygiene and sanitation.

Meet the men and women who are changing lives in Africa

When we choose to work with a local organisation, it is because we feel they have the skills, dedication and professionalism we need to ensure lasting change. We commit to long-term partnerships so that the work we support is rooted in security, learning, and sharing.

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WATSAN Mozambique

Vision – We Transform lives of vulnerable and excluded.

Mission – WATSAN Mozambique is a development and relief organization committed to care for and empower the vulnerable and excluded by promoting self-reliance through sustainable development, provision of water and sanitation facilities, clean energy solutions and hygiene promotion and assisting in emergency situations without discrimination.

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Manica Province, situated in Central Mozambique, is home to our local partners WATSAN Mozambique. This region has a desperate need for water and sanitation – more than 40% of people have no access to improved water sources, and 85% have no decent toilet facilities. WATSAN was founded in 2018 by Blessing Njopera. Their activities are having a profound socio-economic impact, particularly for women and girls much of whose time is taken up by fetching water.

The WATSAN team is innovative and proactive to the extent that they have engaged local men, women, and young girls to set up their own support ‘clubs’ to deal with some of the health and sanitation issues they face. We are so proud of how the team has embraced their recent growth in order to deliver an increased programme, and we are sure they will continue to flourish.

Empowered Communities Helping Others (ECHO) in Zambia

Vision – A self-sustaining society where every person is empowered and enjoys their right to development

Mission – ECHO’s mission is to promote development through facilitation of an integrated empowerment approach for the most vulnerable communities to improve their individual and societal well-being

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Central and Western provinces of Zambia comprise mainly rural communities where sources of drinking water for most households are unprotected wells and streams, often shared with animals. Women and girls are responsible for fetching water which takes up much of their economic and educational time. And the water is unsafe to drink and needs to be boiled using firewood before drinking.

Our partner, ECHO is implementing a safe water project involving rehabilitation of broken-down boreholes, giving families access to safe drinking water within their community. ECHO Strategy will run from 2023 and 2028. Our work will contribute to community, national and global goals and aspirations through the Empowered Strategy whose goal is Sustained quality of life through improved health, productivity, environmental and climate change resilience of vulnerable communities particularly the women and girls in Zambian communities by 2028.