01
Source
Geo-hydrological survey, community consent, and a handpump or borewell placed within 200 metres of every home.
Program · Water
Water & Sanitation
A pot filled before sunrise. A day returned to school.
312
Handpumps commissioned
1,900
Household toilets built
6.4 lakh
Litres harvested / year
₹18k
Saved per family / year
The problem
In the dry mandals of Nalgonda and Mahbubnagar, a woman's day begins with a four-kilometre walk to a shared well. We are ending that walk — village by village, handpump by handpump.
63% of rural Telangana households still fetch water from sources more than 500 metres away. Girls miss school. Mothers lose earning hours. Waterborne illness costs a family ₹18,000 a year.
Our approach
How we work.
02
Store
Rooftop rainwater harvesting tanks that hold 5,000 litres — enough to bridge the dry months of April and May.
03
Sanitation
Twin-pit household toilets built with the family, and monthly hygiene circles led by trained village women.
04
Stewardship
Every asset handed over to a Village Water Committee — 60% women — trained to maintain and repair for 10 years.
From the field
In photos.
A life changed
"My daughter now leaves for school at 8, not at 5."
Lakshmi walked 4 km each morning for water. When Ujjwala's handpump was commissioned 80 metres from her door, her twelve-year-old Ananya returned to school full-time. Ananya wants to be a doctor.
— Lakshmi Devi, Kondapur village, Nalgonda
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Questions
You asked.
How do you decide which village gets a handpump?+
A public geo-hydrological survey, followed by a gram sabha where the community votes on placement. We build only where the community commits to a Water Committee.
What happens after installation?+
A 10-year maintenance MOU is signed with the panchayat. Two women from every village are trained as pump-mechanics.
Can I fund a full borewell in my family's name?+
Yes. ₹45,000 sponsors a borewell for 60 families with a permanent stone plaque you help design.
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One gift. One life. One ripple across a village.
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