Total Coverage

Total coverage in a region

We work to fully cover a region with reliable water and sanitation solutions. We don’t think about one water point in a village. We don’t think about sanitation for one community or household alone. We think and we plan and we act to cover an entire area 100%. No exceptions.

Why? Because we know we’ll never have the money to build water systems for everyone in the world. We can cover an entire region and prove the success of our model. We innovate: We focus on what it will take for all people in a region to have access to quality water and sanitation services, and we avoid the easy solutions that look good on the surface but which ultimately leave people who are hard to reach out of the solution. If we demonstrate total coverage in an area, we know that others will follow us in emulating these programs.

Further, total coverage in a region requires us to leverage the money that others bring to the table. Whether that money comes from government, community, other organizations, or the private sector, it goes directly toward the solution. And that makes every Water For People dollar go much, much further.