Bringing clean water to more than 65,000 people.
The Tanzania Water Fund aims to bring clean water to the villages of rural Tanzania by engaging local communities to build wells that bring water resources closer to home.
What We Do
Imagine a household without running water.
More than 41 million people live in rural Tanzania. As of 2022, 55% of people do not have access to clean water. That is more than 22 million. Across the country, locals spend hours each day walking miles to collect mere buckets of water for household tasks. The net impact of systems like these can be a poverty cycle of lost time and resources for health, education, and economic opportunity.
Bringing Stakeholders In
Our efforts are specific to the Singida region in central Tanzania through our strong, reliable relationships with local government leaders. By building these close connections with stakeholders, we’ve become better informed on identifying which villages need access to water and how to connect with local communities to initiate mutually-beneficial development projects.
Empowering Locals
Local residents can feel empowered by their involvement in TWF projects designed with their direct input. After initial project development, our fundraising efforts continue by supporting education and ongoing maintenance of water resources in local communities.
Our Success
The founder of Tanzania Water Fund, Dean Riesen, has raised money and facilitated more than 40 deep drilled, solar-powered water projects. Over the years, Dean has formed relationships with local partners such as WorldServe International, RWASA, The Waterboys, and MajiTech Engineering.
WorldServe is instrumental in the construction and implementation of the water projects. They work with each village to create a Water Council and raise community funds to kick start the project so that the seeds are planted to create a self-sustainable project.
There are too many stories of broken water wells. That’s why we drill 90-150m deep into the Earth so that the flow rate is sustainable for generations.
Save the Date for the next “Pull-ups for Tanzania” fundraiser: November 24th, 2024
Thousands of people across the United States will get involved in a variety of ways:
Donate money - Every $6 impacts one more person
Do Pull-ups - Pull-ups are hard. Symbolize the difficulty of living without water and how hard it is to pull water up, out of the ground.
Walk for Water - Grab a bucket and walk 1 mile with an empty bucket and then 1 mile with a full bucket of water. Put yourself in the shoes of someone who must walk each day for water.
Listen up.
This is a podcast with Dean Riesen, the founder of Tanzania Water Fund, with American Philanthropy in 2022. Here is the link to full details GDT Podcast / Episode 33Philanthropy Daily