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FairAction’s Smart Water Solution is recognised in the United Nations 2026 Solutions Book, published by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

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Why safe water matters

Water changes everything.

Watch how your donation brings real, lasting change to communities facing water poverty.

Igboho community, Oyo State, Nigeria

Our rule

If a water project will not last, we will not build it.

Across sub-Saharan Africa, 36% of handpumps are no longer working. Communities are left walking back to the contaminated streams they thought they had left behind.

So before we build, the research is done, the community is mapped, and the methodology is ready to be adapted to that community’s specific challenges. All of it already funded.

Your donation funds water solutions that last, transforming daily life for up to 1,000 people per community, for 20 years and more.

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Yes, for Australian taxpayers. Fairaction International is endorsed as a Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) by the Australian Taxation Office. All donations of A$2 or more are tax-deductible. You'll receive a tax receipt by email immediately after your donation.

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Capital build costs of community water solutions: site assessment, infrastructure, treatment where needed, kiosk attendant training, and digital monitoring infrastructure. Each full project costs A$23,000–A$33,000, can serve up to 1,000 people, and is publicly tracked on its own community page from day one. Once built, the community runs the service.

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