WaterHarvest.

Who we are

For almost 40 years we have worked in India and now Ghana & Uganda to harvest rainwater urgently needed to improve health, reduce poverty, build climate change resilience and free girls/women from water procurement to attend school and gain income security. To date we’ve worked in over 2,000 villages helping 2.3 million people.

We work with local partners to implement a range of water-harvesting measures needed water for drinking, sanitation, crops and livestock. We equip and strengthen communities in water resource management to build climate change resilience and achieve lasting benefits.

Our culture and values

WaterHarvest has over 37 years of history, originally starting in 1987 as ‘Wells for India’, when founders Dr. Nicholas Grey and his wife Mary visited the state of Rajasthan in north-west India and saw for themselves the hardship faced by people in remote, rural villages affected by drought.

Today our core values remain the same – to help vulnerable, remote communities to have year-round access to clean drinking water. We continue to believe that the best way for us to do this is to partner with local organisations who are deeply rooted in their communities. This is how we have always worked in India and our Africa work follows this ethos.