Solar powered
Operates independently of the electrical grid, improving reliability and sustainability.
Sponsor a water project
Fund a sustainable water project.
A sustainable water project transforms a community. Sponsor one end to end, and it keeps delivering safe water for decades, lifting health, schooling and livelihoods for everyone it reaches.
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A complete projectUSD $23,000 to $33,000
100% of donations to projectsTax-deductible in AustraliaTracked on a public page
Clean, reliable water is the foundation a community is built on. Fix the water, and health, time, schooling and income all rise with it.
Improving health
SDG 3Safe water cuts the waterborne illness that keeps people sick and out of work.
Improving education
SDG 4When children are no longer sent to fetch water, they can stay in school.
Advancing equality
SDG 5Women and girls, who carry most of the water, get their time and safety back.
Safe water, close to home
SDG 6.1Clean, safe water within walking distance, so no one loses hours each day fetching it.
Improving livelihoods
SDG 8Reliable water supports households, farms and small businesses.
More income
SDG 1Healthier days and hours saved return to earning, helping households build income and climb out of poverty.
A smart water kiosk, engineered to keep running.
Each project is a single, self-contained kiosk, built for safe water and a long working life. Here is what is inside it.
An example of this design, built in Abeku. View community
IoT monitoring
Built-in IoT watches the kiosk in real time, feeding its public data page and sharpening every future build.
Image-verified metering
Our own innovation for places with no reliable internet: the meter verifies water use by image, so even off-grid communities report real, trusted data.
High reliability
A minimum reliability rate of 97.1%, operational for at least 1,063 days out of 1,095.
Treatment plant
An on-board treatment plant, tuned to the local water quality, delivers water that meets UN and national standards.
High capacity
Produces at least 20,000 litres of water a day, capable of serving up to 1,000 people.
Durability
Built to last 20 to 50 years, providing enduring support to communities.
Proactive maintenance
Daily attendant checks, plus software that predicts faults before they cause downtime.
Accessibility
Positioned within community clusters for the easiest possible access.
Environmentally friendly materials
Built with sustainable materials to minimise environmental impact.
100%
Built to last
Every dollar of your sponsorship goes into building a complete project. Most water infrastructure fails within a few years; this one is engineered to be sustainable.
Where the money goes
A full project costs USD $23,000 to $33,000. Here is where it goes.
Most of the cost is plant and structure: the kiosk itself, a full water treatment system, solar power and the borehole. Every completed project comes with a full itemised cost report, like the one this page draws on.
Kiosk structure and fabrication19%
Water treatment plant17%
Project implementation and professional fees16%
Solar power system14%
Borehole and water supply10%
Site works and masonry8%
Monitoring, testing and setup6%
Security fencing4%
Others6%
Indicative split of total project cost from a completed build. Others covers land, legal and architect inspection. Inflation and site conditions move the figures, so the exact budget varies by community.
The project journey
From a borehole to water that lasts.
From the day you commit to flowing water is around three to four months. Your sponsorship moves through every stage, and when the project is live it goes on its own public page that reports its own results.
Stage 01
Drilling the borehole
Stage 02
Early-stage works
Stage 03
The kiosk takes shape
Stage 04
Solar power installed
Stage 05
Complete and live
The evidence
Why you can trust us.
Sponsorship is not a leap of faith. Every project is delivered through a tested method, documented in full, and tracked on a public page accessible to anyone with internet access.
Live, and public
Your project's own page
Every completed project gets a public page, accessible to anyone with internet access, that you can check any time.
- Water dispensed
- Water sales
- Reliability rating
Method
A research-led build
Projects are delivered through an iterative, research-based cycle that refines every water solution for effectiveness and a long life.
How we work→On the record
A full project report
Each project is documented end to end, covering implementation, the challenges met, the lessons learned and the outcomes.
Sample report→Who you are funding
A research-led water charity, accountable on both sides of the build.
Australian-led, locally delivered
FairAction International in Australia, delivering on the ground through FairAction Charity Foundation Nigeria and vetted local partners, and ready to extend to new regions.
ACFID member
A member of the Australian Council for International Development, bound by its Code of Conduct.
Tax-deductible
Tax-deductible giving in Australia. ABN 47 615 498 381.
Live monitoring
Monitored live from the day it opens and throughout its designed lifespan of 20 years and beyond, published on the project's public page.
Sponsor a project
Fund a project in full.
A gift this size is arranged directly, not paid by card. Tell us how many projects you have in mind and our team takes it from there.
USD $23,000 to $33,000
Full sponsorship, per complete project
- A dedicated public page for your project, with real water data.
- A full implementation and cost report.
- Live monitoring across the project's 20 year-plus life.
Recognised
FairAction's Smart Water Solution is recognised in the United Nations 2026 Solutions Book, published by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
FairAction International is an Australian-registered charity and a Deductible Gift Recipient; donations of $2 and over are tax-deductible in Australia. You can give by bank transfer, cheque, crypto or any other method you prefer, and we will make it available. Prefer to talk first? sponsorship@fairaction.ngo or +61 2 8091 2493.
Water poverty is not a mystery to be solved. It is an injustice to be fixed. Your sponsorship fixes it for communities, for good. That is fair action.