Highlights from 2012-13
Our vision
The crisis
A world where everyone has access to safe water
and sanitation.
Without safe water or sanitation, people are trapped in a cycle
of poverty and disease. Across the developing world, millions of
women are wasting precious time collecting dirty water and
children are dying from preventable diarrhoeal diseases.
Our mission
To transform lives by improving access to safe water, hygiene
and sanitation in the world’s poorest communities. We work with
partners and influence decision-makers to maximise our impact.
Delivering services
The Big Dig, Malawi
Page 4
768
M
768 million people
in the world do not
have access to safe
water.
2.5
BN
2.5 billion people
in the world do not
have access to
sanitation.
2,000
2,000 children die
every day from
diarrhoea caused by
dirty water and poor
sanitation.
Alakamisy, MadagascarPage 6
Project Cascade, NepalPage 8
Making change happen
Page 10
Spreading awareness
Page 12
Where we work
Page 14
Financial summaryPage 16
Thank youPage 18
Our approach
Through local partners, we work with the poorest and most
marginalised communities to set up practical and sustainable
water, sanitation and hygiene projects that meet their needs.
We also influence decision-makers to do more to provide these
vital services. The incredible generosity and commitment of all our
supporters – individuals, institutions and companies – is behind
everything we do.
About this report
This report is a collection of stories and highlights from last year
as we delivered vital water and sanitation services and pushed the
cause to the top of the political agenda. There is also a map
of where we work and a financial summary. For the full
Trustees’ Annual Report and Financial Statements go to
www.wateraid.org/annualreportUK
(Front cover) Sitrakiniaina, 15,
collects clean water from the
waterpoint in Madagascar.
Photo credit (front cover): WaterAid/Anna Kari
Photo credit: WaterAid/Anna Kari
The Big Dig
www.wateraid.org/malawi
Kaniche, Malawi
The amazing impact of our work unfolded
before our eyes.
Malawi
In 2012 we saw live updates on our work in two villages in Malawi. Community members from the
villages of Bokola and Kaniche were trained to use smartphones and Instagram to give live
updates from the field and keep our supporters up to date with the life-changing work going
on throughout the summer. They shared their hopes for the future as the water and sanitation
facilities took shape. At the end of the summer we all saw the water gushing from the new borehole
and the celebrations started!
Thanks to the amazing support we received, the project will transform the lives of 172,000 people,
far exceeding our initial goal.
4
Photo credit: WaterAid/Jason Larkin
Alakamisy
www.wateraid.org/alakamisy
Soavina, Madagascar
You have to meet the communities themselves
to truly understand the transformative effects of
water and sanitation.
Madagascar
Alakamisy is a remote farming village in the central highlands of Madagascar. In the past,
the village’s main water source was a sulphur-contaminated water spring. We improved the
community’s access to safe water and sanitation and promoted good hygiene. As a result,
sickness has reduced and the villagers are able to stay in education and make their farming
businesses more productive. However, water was just the beginning of their stories.
6
We shared the life-changing impacts of water and sanitation in Alakamisy for World Water Day
2013 in a multimedia slideshow that gave an interactive tour of the village. We shared video and
audio interviews of several villagers, including Noeline who is now able to sell produce from her
garden to make a living and Setraniona, who is able to attend school now that dirty water is not
making her ill. The changes have also meant that the whole community is now benefitting from a
rice bank, set up to give villagers access to small, short-term loans and invest the small interest
payments in community maintenance or investment.
Photo credit: WaterAid/Anna Kari
Project
The BigCascade
Dig
www.wateraid.org/nepal
Sindhuli
Kaniche, region,
MalawiNepal
We
the community
overcome
Theworked
amazingwith
impacts
of our workto
unfolded
the
geographical
before
our eyes. and social barriers to reaching
marginalised people.
Nepal
The remote community of Tosramkhola, in the Sindhuli region of Nepal, lacked access to safe
water or sanitation. The mountainous terrain made collecting water from unsafe sources extremely
difficult. People would often fall and injure themselves negotiating steep paths, especially
children,
and those
with
disabilities.
Due tointheir
caste,
some in the
community
In
2012 weolder
sawpeople
live updates
on our
work
in two villages
Malawi.
Community
members
fromwere
the
forbidden
from
touching
the
water
source
used
by
others
and
had
to
walk
even
further
to
collect
villages of Bokola and Kaniche were trained to use smartphones and Instagram to give live
water. Children
defecated
home,
makingup
thetoarea
dirty.
updates
from the
field andclose
keeptoour
supporters
datevery
with
the life-changing work going
on throughout the summer. They shared their hopes for the future as the water and sanitation
Throughtook
Project
Cascade,
worked
our partner
in the
to install
a gravity
flow
water
facilities
shape.
At thewe
end
of thewith
summer
we all saw
thearea
water
gushing
from the
new
borehole
system,
reaching
all
962
people
in
Tosramkhola,
and
build
80
new
latrines.
Everyone
in
the
village
and the celebrations started!
can now access life-changing safe water and sanitation. Involving the whole community in the
project to
helped
to breaksupport
down the
barriers
that existed
previously.
We
trained
46 people
Thanks
the amazing
wesocial
received,
the project
will transform
the
lives
of 172,000
people,
in the
area to our
maintain
new facilities and promote hygiene, ensuring that the project will be
far
exceeding
initialthe
goal.
sustainable long-term.
88
Photo credit: WaterAid/Mani Karmacharya
Making change happen
www.wateraid.org/post2015
WaterAid believes everyone, everywhere can have access to safe water and
basic sanitation by 2030. We work with policy-makers across the world
to ensure water, sanitation and hygiene are recognised as fundamental to
sustainable development.
We are a founding member of the Sanitation and Water for All initiative, which
convened a High Level Meeting in Washington, DC, last year. 37 countries
committed to investments that will add up to 224 million people gaining access
to safe water and over 306 million gaining access to sanitation.
The recent focus on water and sanitation at the highest level is hugely encouraging
as world leaders deliberate new global development targets to replace the
Millennium Development Goals, which expire in 2015. We will continue to argue
the case for the new global poverty reduction framework to prioritise getting safe
water and basic sanitation to everyone, everywhere by 2030.
Nepal
Niger
Rwanda
Following publication of a WaterAid
study on the adequacy and
efficiency of school sanitation
financing, the Ministry of Education
allocated increased funding for
school sanitation programmes.
We collaborated on research into
the water, sanitation and hygiene
needs of 11 nomadic groups and
developed an innovative solution
called the Nomadrine, a latrine for
transient communities.
We worked with the local
government to create a Water,
Sanitation and Hygiene Coordinator
position for Bugesera district, which
resulted in water and sanitation
being prioritised within the district
development plan.
Here is a snapshot of some of our other activities across the world last year:
Australia
India
Madagascar
Sweden
UK
USA
To highlight the importance of
sanitation we worked with our
partner MICACH Challenge to
take a giant toilet on tour around
Australia. Over 25,000 people
sat on the giant toilet at events in
more than 40 electorates.
In parts of India, there are
naturally high levels of fluoride in
groundwater, which pose threats
to human health. Our fluoride
mitigation work carried out with a
local partner is now being rolled out
by the district administration.
We supported people with
disabilities to claim their rights
to water and sanitation, which
resulted in local decisionmakers establishing accessibility
standards for newly-built water
and sanitation facilities.
The Swedish Government
announced an increase of
£38m in water and sanitation
funding, with a special focus on
Sub-Saharan Africa. This followed
a sustained advocacy campaign
by WaterAid Sweden.
WaterAid’s supporters played
a vital advocacy role in the UK
Government's pledge to double
the number of people it will reach
with safe water and sanitation by
2015 to 60 million.
We joined the call on Congress to
pass the Senator Paul Simon Water
for the World Act, legislation that
prioritises assistance for the very
poorest people, and to increase
US funding for water, sanitation
and hygiene programmes.
10
Photo credits: 1.WaterAid 2.WaterAid/Dieter Telemans 3.WaterAid/Ernest Randriarimalala 4.WaterAid 5. WaterAid
6.WaterAid/Zute Lightfoot 7.WaterAid/Zute Lightfoot 8.WaterAid 9.WaterAid
Spreading awareness
www.wateraid.org/news
Together with individuals, community groups, our corporate
partners and the UK water companies, we are continually
raising awareness of the water and sanitation crisis.
Our work with the media helps promote our campaign
messages, recruit new donors and showcase the inspirational
work of our supporters.
In the last year, over 5,000 stories about WaterAid reached
more than 400 million people. From global broadcasters like
the BBC to national newspapers and online influencers, our
message was spread far and wide.
Here are some of the highlights from last year:
Why more than half of Nigerian
women still lack access to
adequate sanitation
A BBC news film from poor
areas of Lagos highlighting
women’s plight.
Nigeria’s daunting sanitation
problems
Al Jazeera reported on the
huge challenges facing poor
communities.
Raising a stink about
global sanitation
On World Toilet Day, 92 articles
mentioning WaterAid appeared,
driven by our 1 in 3 women lack
access to safe toilets briefing. The
coverage reached 10.2 million
potential readers.
Former S Club 7 singer Rachel Stevens’ role as WaterAid Ambassador
Her visit to Ethiopia and work with Belu and Sainsbury’s was covered in publications such as the
Mail Online, Hello and BBC1’s Saturday Kitchen, reaching 14 million people.
A billion lack clean water
One of Sweden’s largest
newspapers published an article
on the water and sanitation crisis,
referring to WaterAid’s report
Everyone, everywhere.
Basic water, sanitation and
hygiene essential for food
security
An opinion-editorial piece by our
UK Chief Executive Barbara Frost.
12
WaterAid receives major grant
from Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation
Coverage of the $6.3m grant for
our work in West Africa.
Beyoncé in H&M swimwear
Beyoncé was modelling the
H&M for water collection that
benefits WaterAid
Water shortage ‘to hinder
world’s economic growth’
A research report commissioned
to mark the launch of the HSBC
Water Partnership attracted
global coverage including the
Independent, the Guardian,
Reuters and the Huffington Post.
Ringo Starr at Chelsea
Flower Show
Former Beatle Ringo Starr opened
the gold award winning Herbert
Smith WaterAid garden at the
Chelsea Flower Show and helped
us get coverage on BBC TV as
well as in the Daily Express, the
Independent, the Daily Mirror and
Country Life.
In 2012-13
www.wateraid.org/where-we-work
Since 1981:
19.2 million people
reached with safe water.
4
3
1.7
Since 2004:
15.1 million people
reached with sanitation.
3
1
2
2
million
people with
water
5
24
22
23
4
21
7
1
25
2
2.2
3
8
16
5
6
18
19
20
26
17
million
13
people with
sanitation
27
10
12
9
11
15
14
6
Numbers of people reached with water
and sanitation in 2012/13:
2
million
people with
hygiene
promotion
14
Central America
West Africa
Southern Africa
East Africa
Asia
Water
Water
Water
Water
Water
/ Sanitation
1. Nicaragua
1,900/1,100
/ Sanitation
2. Burkina Faso
71,000/115,000
3. Ghana
67,000/26,000
4. Mali
43,000/39,000
5. Nigeria
119,000/209,000
6. Liberia
9,000/8,000
7. Niger
6,000/6,000
8. Sierra Leone
3,000/32,000
/ Sanitation
9. Madagascar
41,000/64,000
10. Malawi
27,000/101,000
11. Mozambique
78,000/71,000
12. Zambia
54,000/42,000
13. Angola *
14. Lesotho *
15. Swaziland
1,000/1,000
/ Sanitation
16. Ethiopia
175,000/173,000
17. Tanzania
64,000/64,000
18. Uganda
65,000/102,000
19. Kenya *
20. Rwanda
10,000/6,000
/ Sanitation
21. India
455,000/297,000
22. Nepal
67,000/75,000
23. Bangladesh
284,000/670,000
24. Pakistan
75,000/108,000
25. Cambodia *
Pacific region
Member countries
Water
1. Canada
2. America
3. UK
4. Sweden
5. Japan
6. Australia
/ Sanitation
26. Timor Leste
2,000/2,000
27. Papua New Guinea
3,000/7,000
*No data, country programmes in
pilot phase.
WaterAid’s
financial information
www.wateraid.org/annualreportUK
The figures here relate to the activities of WaterAid UK
and in the 23 country programmes we directly manage
from the UK.
Income
Expenditure
£1.3m
£1.7m
For every £1 we spend
on fundraising, £4.74
is returned in income.
£0.5m
£13.8m
£20.4m
Total 2012-13
£65.6m
Total 2012-13
£61.3m
£39m
£37.8m
£7.5m
£4.9m
23p
Donations
Delivering services
Grants (unrestricted)
Influencing decision-makers
Grants (restricted)
Fundraising costs
Other income
Supporting other WaterAid member countries
Governance
The full Trustees’ Annual Report and Financial Statements
is available at www.wateraid.org/annualreportUK
16
Every
£1 spent
77p
In every £1 we spend, 77p is
spent on delivering services,
influencing decision-makers
and supporting other WaterAid
member countries, and 23p on
fundraising and governance.
We simply could not
transform lives without
our 368,000 supporters
www.wateraid.org/getinvolved
Here we thank some of the people, groups and organisations whose vital support helped us reach
millions of people in 2012-13.
@OneAlliance
Costain Ltd
Hennes & Mauritz AB
Morgan Sindall
Adam Smith International
Decanter
Herbert Smith Freehills
Mott MacDonald
ADSM
Diageo
Affinity Water Limited
Dubai Cares
HSBC Holdings Plc
Allegra Foundation
Dutch WASH Alliance
Institute of Water
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
Isle of Man Overseas Aid
(UK Coffee Week)
LLP
Sembcorp Bournemouth
Water
The Chartered Institution
of Water and
MWH
Severn Trent Water
Environmental
Neil Armstrong and the
Simavi
Management (CIWEM)
Skanska
The Co-operative Bank
New English School
Soroptimist International
The Foster Wood
NMC Nomenca
Great Britain and Ireland
Fastflow Group
Council
WaterAid Rutland
Fundraising Group
WaterAid’s Local Group
network volunteers
WaterAid’s Speaker
Andy Hinton
Ecover UK
Anglian Water Services
Environment Agency
J.P. Morgan
Nomenca Ltd
South East Water
The Grimmitt Trust
Esh Construction Ltd
Jersey Overseas Aid
Northern Ireland Water
South Staffordshire Water
The Lotus Foundation
Northumbrian Water Ltd
South West Water
The Ranworth Trust 1985
Waveney Pumps Ltd
The Shanley Charitable
Wessex Water
Ltd
Association of Inner
Eversheds
Committee
Commission
Wheel Clubs in Great
Essex and Suffolk Water
JN Bentley Limited
Ofwat
Southern Water
Britain and Ireland
European Commission
Kelda Group Ltd
Paperchase Products
Stanley Thomas Johnson
European Investment
Kentz Engineers and
AVEDA Limited
Balfour Beatty Utility
Bank
Constructors
Limited
Penny Sanders
Foundation
States of Guernsey
Foundation
Trust
The Stone Family
Foundation Facts International
Knowledge Brokers Ltd
Portsmouth Water
Overseas Aid
The Sylvia Adams
Barhale Construction Plc
Fastflow
La Fondation Ensemble
Rotary Club of Dar es
Commission
Charitable Trust
Belu Water Limited
Frampton Cotterell and
Laing O’Rourke
Big Lottery Fund
Coalpit Heath WaterAid
Landmark Information
Solutions
Bill Thomas
group
Group
Black and Veatch Ltd
FUJIFILM Europe GmbH
Lions Clubs International
Bristol Water Plc
Galliford Try Plc and
British Isles and Ireland
British Water
Imtech UK Ltd
Cambridge Water
GBM
Capgemini
Georg and Emily von Opel
CH2M HILL
Foundation
Martin Currie Investment
Management Limited
Matki Plc
May Gurney
Chris Rokos
Glastonbury Festivals Ltd
McAndrew Utilities
Clancy Docwra
Gowland and Dawson
MDNX Ltd
Claret Civil Engineering
Ltd
Comic Relief
18
Salaam
Rotary Club of Lincoln
Rotary Club of Ryde
Rotary International in
Great Britain and Ireland
Rotork Plc
Rubbermaid Commercial
Products
Salsa4Water – Glasgow
University
Stewarts Law LLP
The Waterloo Foundation
Sutton and East Surrey
Trant Construction Ltd
Water
Swedish International
UKaid from the
International
Cooperation Agency
Development
Limited
Whitbread Hotels and
Restaurants
Wild and Wolf Ltd
Woodmansterne
Publications Limited
World Health
Organization
Yorkshire Water
UNICEF
Development and
Unilever Plc
Cooperation
United Utilities
Tamesis
USAID
Save the Children Finland
Thames Water Utilities Ltd
Water and Sanitation for
Medicor Foundation
Scottish Water
The Alchemy Foundation
Grontmij
Miele Co Ltd
Scottish Water Solutions
The Body Shop
Harvey Nash
Mildren Construction Ltd
Seddon Construction Ltd
Foundation
Limited
Waterstone’s Booksellers
Department for
Development
Swiss Agency for
Network volunteers
the Urban Poor
Water Supply and
Sanitation Collaborative
19
In 2012-13
1.7
2.2
million people
reached with safe water
million people
reached with sanitation
There is one thing that changes everything for people living in poverty:
safe, clean water. Combined with sanitation and hygiene, it transforms
lives by unlocking better health, education and livelihoods.
With your support we have achieved so much this year, but there is
much more to do. We believe everyone, everywhere can have clean
water and sanitation by 2030. Together we can make it happen.
Find out more at…
wateraid.org/annualreportUK
/wateraid
/wateraidUK
/wateraid
WaterAid is a registered charity (number 288701
in England and Wales and SC039479 in Scotland)
and a limited company (number 1787329).