1 in 9 People Worldwide do not have Access to Clean Drinking Water.

Let's Change That

Who We Are

AquaAid International works with community partners to design and implement culturally appropriate, result bearing, and cost-effective water and sanitation projects.

Our mission is simple: clean water for everyone, no exceptions.

2011

Our Story

It all started when Sophie and Simon worked on a yacht that set anchor off the coast of Bahia Honda, Panama. Sophie and Simon met a single father with two little girls looking to trade coconuts for fishing hooks. Previously, the girls were not able to attend school because it took them almost a day’s travel to another island to get clean drinking water. After a new pipeline supplying clean drinking water was constructed, the girls were free to attend school for the first time. They were delighted to be future students even though they only had one pencil between them. Sophie was impacted by this event and returned to the US to read all she could about water, sanitation, and the environment.

2012-2013

AquaAid Begins

Simon tells Sophie about the village of Karahola, Nicaragua where his family lives that still does not have access to clean drinking water. In Nicaragua, Simon and Sophie established a field team and began collaborating with the local water and sanitation committee to design the most appropriate water project.

Our Projects

AquaAid believes no two communities are the same, therefore no two water and sanitation projects should be the same. There is no one size fits all development solution. Each project is designed alongside the community to address community specific water and sanitation goals. All projects include a comprehensive education program to provide the community and children with basic knowledge of water and sanitation. Young rural populations are the focus of AquaAid's education program, as a result of their potential within their community and country. In Karahola, Nicaragua to implement the concepts of basic sanitation AquaAid developed a primary school curriculum to teach concepts of hand-washing, safe hygiene practices, the importance of clean drinking water, and water in the environment. To engage the children we designed water and sanitation coloring books, sing hand-washing songs, and play a variety of games such as modified duck-duck goose with glitter on the student’s hands to demonstrate disease transmission.