The Water Team helps get clean water to those who don’t have it.

We believe that every  person on this planet has the RIGHT to have access to clean water.

We build water wells and advocate for clean water by contacting different governments and encouraging them to provide this essential resource for their people. We also promote clean water awareness.

How We Do It

1. Since 1992 have built water wells in Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Guatemala, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Liberia, Nigeria, and Haiti.
2. We are actively encouraging the Canadian government to provide clean drinking water to the First Nations communities . It is estimated that 20,000 First Nations people living in reserves across Canada do not have access to clean running water.   In particular the Team is campaigning for the Lubicon Cree residents of Little Buffalo whose water supplies have been contaminated by the Alberta Tar Sands.
3. The Team also works on behalf of the residents in the Niger Delta whose water has been contaminated by the Shell Oil drilling fields.
4. Most recently we are investigating the contamination of our West Coast water as a result of the nuclear fallout from the Fukushima Nuclear Reactor Accident.
5. We promote water awareness in the school system by encouraging teachers to talk about water issues and encourage their students to reach out and help their fellow students worlds away who are struggling with inadequate supplies of clean water.

Volunteer Staff

Severin and Susan Hoch,  Directors

Barbara Trethewey,  International Director

Frances Friese,  Director of the Youth Chapter

Jennifer Nichols, Communications Resource Coordinator

Rani and Gabriel Dee, Founding Directors of the Youth Chapter