Check out our short documentary film, “Ngongakinda (reslience)”, which illustrates the life-saving impacts access to safe drinking water provides in communities in Uganda.
Join us for our 3rd annual Impact Film Festival, taking place at the Apollo Theatre in November 2024. Registration and details will be provided later this year. To watch last year’s event, click the thumbnail below:
1 in 3 people globally don’t have access to safe drinking water. They have water, it just isn't safe to drink. The water related illnesses near our projects include cholera, typhoid, dysentery, amoeba, and worms. Safe Water Social Ventures provides training to local teams, enabling them to build a sustainable business and provide water that is both safe and affordable for their communities.
We provide training, tools, and mentoring, equipping teams to provide safe water to their communities. The projects use sustainable technology (bio-sand filter) that does not require energy or chemicals to operate, is easy to maintain, and can be constructed using locally available materials.
Training
Learn how to manage a business, teach others and construct, household water filters.
Tools
Supply Bio-sand filter moulds, hand tools, and raw materials (future materials are purchased with revenue from bio-sand filter sales).
Mentoring
Monthly reporting and technical support, annual visits and connection to Bio-sand Networks.
Our mission is to provide practical, sustainable solutions for communities that only have access to contaminated water.
The Safe Water Social Ventures model is formulated not to create dependency on foreign aid, but rather it enables communities to provide for themselves, create jobs and improve health through information sharing and use of local resources.
Your $100 Donation
$100 donated helps a family purchase a water purifier (bio-sand filter) for their home, improving their health and well-being.
Safe Water for 7+
A bio-sand filter provides safe water to an average of 7 people for 25+ years. Filters can be used in homes, schools and businesses.
C+8 Years Healthy
Clean water adds an additional 8 years of healthy active life to both parents and children of families that receive a bio-sand filter.
Family Saves $1,000 in Medical Costs
With clean water, families are healthier reducing medical costs (due to water related illnesses) over the lifespan of the water purifier.
Reduced Deforestation
Avoid deforestation (and greenhouse gas emissions) that would otherwise be necessary to boil the water to make it safe to drink.
100% of Donations Go To Projects in 3 ways
Subsidized - a family can afford some cost Educate - for SWP team development New Projects - Establish new projects
Bio-sand filters are made from slow sand technology and are proven effective. These filters have three major advantages that make it a very successful solution in many parts of the world.
No chemicals or moving parts are required to operate a bio-sand filter making it easy to maintain.
Bio-sand filters typically last for 25 years, providing a safe, reliable source of water. They are also refurbished easily.
Filters are constructed in rural communities from locally available materials, supporting the economy.
After my husband bought this filter I was not happy, thinking that he was wasting money instead of buying diarrhea medicines for the children. But today, there is a good improvement in our family towards water borne disease. My son says, “Mama, the water is sweet!”
Mrs Ide/ Read more testimonials
There are many ways that you can support Safe Water Social Ventures. From advocating in your community or corporation to meet environmental best practices and working towards achieving those objectives, to identifying collaborative ways of advancing community leadership in pursuit of tangible and meaningful conservation goals, your involvement matters.
Help us find sponsors who will help families purchase a water filter for their homes by advocating for the project on social media.
Help your company offset water consumption through sponsorship of SWSV projects while reducing your environmental footprint.
Donate to the purchase of a water filter or water filters. 100% of your donation goes directly towards providing safe water in developing nations that need it most.
