WASH Programs
Access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene impacts millions of people. Give the gift of cleanliness today with a generous monthly or one-time donation.
Water, Sanitation & Hygiene
WASH is an acronym that stands for water, sanitation and hygiene. These programs are paired because each one impacts the others. Lack of sanitation through proper latrines or toilets can lead to contaminated water. Lack of clean water can impair hygiene. Lack clean water, sanitation and hygiene leads to health issues like intestinal infections, cholera and other illness than can lead to death.
The number of people who lack access to clean water is larger than the populations of the United States of America, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom and France combined. Poverty, conflict and natural disasters leave millions to deal with unsafe, contaminated water.
At Baitulmaal, we believe everyone has the right to clean, drinkable water. This belief drives us to fund water access projects all over the world that include digging water wells, establishing and refilling water tanks and support water stations in areas of need.
It also drives us to provide sanitation and hygiene solutions, like proper latrines, hygiene kits and education to help fight against illness.
If you share this belief, join us in providing safe, clean water, sanitation and hygiene to people in need around the world.
You are an important part of the solution. Without your generous donation, we would not be able to dig wells, establish and refill tanks, build latrines and provide hygiene solutions.
Below are WASH projects you can support.
Facts about WASH
- 663 million people do not have access to clean water
- 801,000 children under 5 years old die every year from contaminated water
- 40 billion hours spent by women walking to water sources
- 40% of the world’s population suffer from water scarcity
- 1 child dies every 21 seconds from water-related illness
- 2.5 billion people lack access to improved sanitation
- 2.2 billion infections transmitted due to lack of sanitation
- 1.5 million children die each year from lack of sanitation
- 70% of people lacking access to sanitation live in rural areas
News & Updates
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More photos belowDALLAS, TX May 1, 2024 -- Baitulmaal, a Dallas-based international humanitarian nonprofit, recently distributed 10,196,500 Ramadan meals across Palestine as part of the Islamic month of Ramadan. Eighteen truckloads of food packages were successfully...
Families in Yemen Receive Food for 485.3K Meals for Ramadan
More photos belowSANA’A, YEMEN April 29, 2024 -- Baitulmaal, a Dallas-based international humanitarian nonprofit, recently distributed food packages that provided more than 485,350 meals to families in Yemen for the Ramadan season. More than 9,000 people living in...
Food for More Than 79.5K Ramadan Meals Distributed in Mexico
More photos belowMEXICO CITY, MEXICO April 26, 2024 -- Baitulmaal, a Dallas-based international humanitarian nonprofit, recently distributed food packages that provided 79,500 meals to families in Mexico in time for the Ramadan season. Food packages were distributed...
371.9K Ramadan Meals Distributed to Orphans, Families in Lebanon
More photos belowBEIRUT, LEBANON April 24, 2024 -- Baitulmaal, a Dallas-based international humanitarian nonprofit, recently distributed food packages that provided more than 371,900 meals to orphans and families in Lebanon in time for the Ramadan season....
Food Packages for 79.8K Ramadan Meals Distributed in Togo
More photos belowLOME, TOGO April 22, 2024 -- Baitulmaal, a Dallas-based international humanitarian nonprofit, recently distributed food packages that provided 79,800 meals to families in Togo in time for the Ramadan season. Food packages that included items such as...