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Water and Sanitation

Water Well Appeal: Give the Best of Charities

A water well donation of £880 brings clean, life-giving water to 105 people in Pakistan and Bangladesh — a Sadaqah Jariyah that keeps flowing long after this blessed month ends.

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1,251,848 Lives Reached. Yours Could Be Next.

1,251,848 people helped with clean water and sanitation last year

3,368 wells built across Pakistan, Somalia, and Bangladesh

353,692 people gained access to clean water through wells in 2025

35 years of trusted humanitarian delivery

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"The best charity is giving water to drink." Hadith Ahmad

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Build a Deep Water Well for an Entire Village: Install a fully constructed deep water well serving 105 people in Pakistan — delivering clean water for drinking, cooking, farming, and washing, year after year. A personalised named plaque is included, making this the perfect Sadaqah Jariyah gift for yourself or a loved one.
£880
Build a Deep Water Well for an Entire Village: Install a fully constructed deep water well serving 105 people in Bangladesh— delivering clean water for drinking, cooking, farming, and washing, year after year. A personalised named plaque is included, making this the perfect Sadaqah Jariyah gift for yourself or a loved one.
£880

The Water Crisis Facing Vulnerable Communities

Right now, while we prepare our iftars and count our blessings, families in Pakistan are walking hours each day for water that could make them sick. Every year, 3.5 million people — most of them children — lose their lives to water-related illness. One in five children worldwide still live without clean drinking water. And as climate change deepens, water stress is now driving at least 10% of all global migration.

It is women and children who bear the heaviest burden. They are the ones who rise before dawn, trek treacherous paths, and return home exhausted — before the day has even truly begun. This Ramadan, that reality is our responsibility.

When a community gains access to a reliable water source, everything changes. Women reclaim hours to nurture their families. Children return to school. Crops are grown, livestock are raised, and dignity is restored. A single water well doesn't just save lives — it rebuilds them, for generations to come. Your donation this Ramadan is the difference between a family surviving and a community genuinely thriving.

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How We Turn Your Donation Into Lasting Change

When you give to our water well appeal, your donation doesn't wait — it goes straight to work through our trusted field teams operating across Pakistan, Bangladesh, Somalia, and Gaza.

Here is exactly how we deliver:

Step 1 — Site Assessment & Engineering Approval

Our experienced field teams conduct thorough on-the-ground assessments across Pakistan and Bangladesh — evaluating water availability, community need, and environmental conditions before a single brick is laid.

Step 2 — Water Quality Testing

Every site undergoes rigorous testing carried out by qualified engineers to ensure the water source is safe, sustainable, and genuinely fit for the community it will serve.

Step 3 — Construction & Installation

Local teams build and install the well, affixing a personalised plaque in your name — or the name of a loved one. Wherever possible, we source materials locally, directly strengthening the communities we serve.

Step 4 — Community Training & Ongoing Maintenance

We don't build and leave. We train a local committee to maintain the well and establish a small community fund for future repairs — ensuring your water well keeps giving for years, and decades, to come.

Step 5 — Your Impact Report

Once complete, we send you a full report — including the exact GPS location of your well, how many lives it has reached, and photographs from the ground.

Aid is delivered entirely by our in-country field teams and long-established local partners — people who know their communities and are trusted within them.

The Greatest Reward, in the Greatest Month

Ramadan is the month when the gates of mercy are open wide — when every good deed carries a weight that no other time of year can match. To give water in this blessed month is to answer one of the most powerful calls in our faith. Every sip drawn from your well, every crop watered, every hour a mother gains back because she no longer walks miles for water — all of it returns to you as reward, long after Ramadan has passed.

A water well is Sadaqah Jariyah in its purest form. Donate in your own name, or dedicate it to a loved one — living or passed — and let their blessings flow with every drop of water drawn.

The Greatest Reward, in the Greatest Month
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"The best charity is giving water to drink."

Hadith Ahmad

Build a Legacy That Flows Beyond a Lifetime

Everything you need to know about your well

  • How long will it take to build my well? Why?

    It usually takes around 9 months for us to build your well, and a further 3 months for you to receive your report. It takes this long to ensure that the well we install is in the best location for maximum impact and to source clean water.

    Throughout the process, we supervise installation, and we then test the water quality at certified labs to make sure it’s clean and safe.

    Only once this is complete, we install your plaque, take final photos, and write up a report which is checked, edited, and sent to you, the donor.

  • How long does a well usually last?

    A well lasts a minimum of five years, but its lifetime depends on the quality and consistency of maintenance. Our wells have the capacity to last well beyond five years providing the source water hasn’t depleted and the well is properly maintained.

    Even if a well lasts only five years – that means it costs less than 50p per day to provide water to a whole community!

  • How will I know when my well has been completed?

    We’ll send you a completion report, informing you that your well has been installed and is now providing clean, safe water to a whole community.

  • What is included in the completion report for my well?

    You’ll receive a full report that tells you where we installed it, what the situation was in the community, and how many people will benefit. We’ll also send you photos of the well, and of the plaque we’ve installed in your name or the name of your loved one.

  • How does Human Appeal select a location for the well?

    Our selection is based on the need of the local community, and how far they currently have to travel to fetch clean water. For the exact position of the well, we hire a water expert to help us find sustainable water sources deep in the earth, that are far from any potential contamination – such as latrines – so that your well provides water year after year.

    When choosing a location, we focus on communities in which a minimum of five families would benefit, though, on average, around 70 people benefit from one well.

  • Who safeguards and maintains the well after it has been built?

    Every time we install a well, we also train a water well committee in the local community. This means that those who benefit from the clean water also have the skills to maintain the well, ensuring that there’s always people nearby to make sure it’s used and preserved properly.

  • Can a well be donated as Sadaqa Jariyah (ongoing charity)?

    Yes! Since its benefits continue year upon year, donating a water well is a Sadaqah Jariyah, that provides the giver with ongoing rewards, even after they’re gone.

  • Why should I donate my well with Human Appeal?

    We’ve been installing water wells for 30 years. We don’t have a one-size-fits-all mentality, our experienced teams work with the local community and water experts to agree on what type of water solution works best. For example, where there is plenty of water, but it is unclean, we install filtration systems or water plants, where there is drought, we source groundwater and install a deep water well.

    If you want your donation to have a lasting, transformative impact on a whole community, then entrust your water well to our experience and expertise.

Every Drop You Give Is a Blessing That Never Ends. This Ramadan, give the best of charities. Build a water well, leave a living legacy, and let your Sadaqah Jariyah flow for generations.

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Human Appeal is committed to providing aid in the country or programme that you select. In the event we complete the programme, exceed the required funds, or are denied access to a particular country for reasons beyond our control, Human Appeal reserves the right to reallocate your donation to another programme where it is needed most.

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