Every month in 2024, we are highlighting the work of Give Lively member nonprofits in one category of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015. 

The United Nations website states that “the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)... are an urgent call for action by all countries – developed and developing – in a global partnership. They recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests.”

We find inspiration and insight from these selected nonprofits and hope you do too. Is your nonprofit engaged in similar work? Use the feedback tool at the bottom of this article to tell us about it.

SDG Goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

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COVA

This nonprofit social enterprise bridges the gap between available and safe drinking water in rural communities. COVA provides ongoing, data-informed support to ensure continued access.

Much like hydrogen and oxygen need one another to form a covalent bond to create water, COVA relies on successful partnerships to provide comprehensive safe drinking water solutions to rural communities in Central America.

COVA uses a Give Lively-powered Simple Donation Widget to collect donations on its website. The Campaign Page for its virtual event, “2023 Salud and Gratitude- Celebrating One in a Million,” is an excellent example of using impact stories effectively to demonstrate the value of different donation amounts. 

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Well Constructed

This nonprofit aims to enable community development by providing clean drinking water to as many people as possible.​ Well Constructed partners with local communities and contractors to build wells and establish well maintenance programs in the Upper East Region of Ghana. Well Constructed was founded in 2015 by Rashed Anaba, a local who had long dreamed of not only having clean water but also bringing sustained access to clean water to the people of his community and beyond. After his father passed away during his youth, Rashed dropped out of school to provide for his family and enable his younger brothers to continue their education. Eventually, he started a small tourism business and used it to build connections to people outside Ghana with the means to fund the water wells that he envisioned. 

With the help of many friends, donors, and volunteers in Ghana and abroad, Well Constructed has completed over 300 projects, providing more than 180,000 people with sources of potable drinking water! 

Well Constructed uses a Core Profile fundraising page to collect donations through its website. 

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The Clean Water Foundation

This small, grassroots, volunteer-run organization has partnered with Ugandan communities since 2010 to provide clean water solutions. Families in rural areas of Uganda (roughly 84% of Uganda’s population) don’t have clean water easily available for drinking, bathing, cooking and washing. These people collect water from a muddy water hole or walk miles to buy clean water from a well in a neighboring village. Many die each year from typhoid, cholera and other illnesses that can be prevented by sanitization and clean water. Where there is a well, people don’t die from these preventable illnesses. The Clean Water Foundation partners with Ugandan communities to drill wells, provide solar-powered pumps and taps, and build water towers and ensure their sustainability for the future.

The Clean Water Foundation uses a Simple Donation Widget with dedications enabled to collect donations on its website. 

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