Nafissa and her family load up donkeys and journey for kilometres through the extreme heat conditions to reach their water source in Niger, which our team was shocked to see.

Their only source of water is a disease-ridden watering hole that livestock use to drink and defecate. 

Their only source of water is a heavily contaminated and dirty watering hole that livestock drink and defecate in, making them highly susceptible to water borne diseases.

In developing countries like Niger, women and girls walk several kilometres carrying heavy containers to fetch water for their families. The routes they take walking early in the morning or late at night are dangerous and puts them in vulnerable situations where they are at risk of being attacked.

Spending hours each day collecting water means little to no time for school, work or family duties. This leads them to become locked in a vicious cycle of poverty and unable to achieve their full potential.

A Dig-A-Well could change the lives of women and girls living in small communities across the world, as the time they spend collecting water can be used to educate and earn a livelihood for themselves.

Millions of people around the world lack access to safe water.

In places like Niger, Mali and Pakistan people draw their drinking water from sources that are usually contaminated such as ponds, rivers and wells. Drinking contaminated water makes these people susceptible to water borne diseases such as diarrhoea, cholera and typhoid which can cause death.

An estimated 485 000 people die each year from diarrhoea due to unsafe drinking water.

Something as simple as a well can not only rescue families but entire communities from the dangers of unsafe water.

When you build a well with Muslim Hands, you are ensuring a basic human right: clean and safe drinking water for all