Well Aware provides innovative and sustainable solutions to water scarcity and contamination in East Africa. We fund and implement life-saving water systems to drive economic development and empower communities. Here’s how we did in 2025.
“For Well Aware, 2025 tested every ounce of our resilience – as a team, as a mission, and as a global community that believes clean water should never be out of reach. And yet, through uncertainty and change, we kept moving forward together.
Because of your belief in this work, every Well Aware system we’ve built continues to flow. Our team in East Africa has kept pumps humming, tanks clean, and communities thriving. Our engineers continue to innovate with smart technology that extends the lifespan of our wells far beyond the global average. Even in a year that often felt heavy, our commitment to dignity-driven water infrastructure never wavered.
There were also bright moments that reminded us why this work matters so deeply. In October, members of our team traveled to Washington, D.C., to represent Well Aware at the .ORG Impact Awards, where we were recognized among global leaders using innovation for good. We also had the opportunity to meet with U.S. representatives to discuss how policy and investment can better support sustainable water infrastructure and strengthen the nonprofit sector as a whole.
At home and in the field, our incredible staff carried this mission with heart and tenacity. From Austin to East Africa, they adapted, created, and kept our systems strong in one of the most challenging years we’ve faced in over a decade.”
Of Well Aware’s wells and water systems work. The industry average is 50%.
Lives transformed to date through clean water projects in East Africa
Clean water projects completed across Kenya, Tanzania, Haiti*, Puerto Rico*, Texas* *disaster relief efforts
Provides one person with lasting clean water
Disease rates DROP
Education rates INCREASE
Education rates for girlsINCREASE
Rose – Uasonyiro, KenyaSomeday, Rose hopes to stand at the front of a classroom herself, guiding students the way her teachers guide her. Every day, she walks 1.5 km to school with a smile on her face and a backpack full of dreams. Her favorite subject is English. At home, she used to spend hours fetching water from the river. Now, thanks to clean water at her school, she can bring safe water home with ease. For Rose, clean water means time to study, energy to dream, and the confidence to imagine a future where she becomes the teacher she already knows she can be.
“Teachers are what I love most about my community. They are kind, they care, and they inspire me.”
Rael – Tangi Nyeusi, KenyaRael is a business woman in Tangi Nyeusi, Kenya and has lived there her entire life. She’s hopeful about the long term effects of their water project because it has already helped alleviate conflict within her community.
“The new water system will change the lives of women in our community by giving them time to engage in the economy.”
Fundraising Wins
Field Wins
