Call For  Proposals 

We are particularly interested in projects that:

• Improve access to safe drinking water through new or rehabilitated boreholes, wells, or rainwater systems.

• Support community sanitation, such as latrine construction or waste management initiatives.

• Promote hygiene education in schools and communities, especially among children.

• Introduce innovative, low-cost water purification or handwashing solutions.

• Strengthen local capacity for water management and maintenance.

• Grant size: Up to USD $1,500

• Project duration: Up to 12 months

• Funding model: We require at least 25% community contribution (cash or in-kind).

Applicants must be:

• Registered nonprofit, community-based, or grassroots organizations.

• Locally led (board and staff are primarily from the community served).

• Able to contribute at least 25% of project costs (cash, materials, labor, or other in-kind contributions).

• Able to demonstrate accountability and transparency.

• Repairing a community borehole to restore clean water access for 300 residents in rural Vanuatu.

• Building handwashing stations and providing hygiene education in a primary school in Cambodia.

• Training local youth in Fiji to maintain water systems and promote sanitation awareness.

• Constructing low-cost latrines in an underserved village in Papua New Guinea.

• Distributing water filters and hygiene kits to households in flood-affected areas of Bangladesh.

Click HERE for more examples of projects we have funded