AnnualReview2010/11

“We don’t have toilets – the dirt from all around kept running into

the well. Every time I give the water to my daughter I have no other choice but to put my faith in God to protect us, what

else can I do?”Beauty Chiimbwe and her child,

Kayola village, Zambia

2.6billion people live

without sanitation.2

884

million people live without safe water.2

4,000children die every

day from the resulting diarrhoeal

diseases.3

Together, safe

water, sanitation

and hygiene

reduces the

number of

deaths caused by

diarrhoeal diseases

by an average of65%1

Without safe water and sanitation......there can be no sustainable development. These basic human rights are the building blocks of a better world. You cannot eradicate poverty in communities where women have to spend all day collecting dirty water, where children are dying from diarrhoeal diseases, or where villages and neighbourhoods are open sewers.

Water and sanitation underpin health, education and livelihoodsSo, why are huge numbers of people living without? Because the importance of safe water and sanitation in reducing poverty is not given enough priority. World leaders are presiding over societies where millions of people are trapped in disease and squalor for want of safe water and somewhere clean to go to the toilet.

The solutions are well-knownThe water and sanitation crisis is solvable. Water sources and toilets can be built using simple, cheap technologies that can be maintained by local communities. Hygiene promotion can raise awareness of the health benefits of safe water and sanitation. We just need more political will to invest in these building blocks for a healthy, productive future.

building blocks

Water and sanitation: www.wateraid.org/statistics

1. WHO.2. WHO/UNICEF (2010) Joint Monitoring Programme for

Water Supply and Sanitation report 2010.3. UNICEF (2010) State of the World’s Children 2009.

WaterAid

influen

ces de

cision-

makers

WaterAid

delive

rs serv

ices

30 yea

rs of W

aterAid

Where w

e work

Income a

nd exp

enditur

e

Our first

country

Donation

form

Thank

you

WaterAid

transfo

rms lives

Water an

d sanit

ation

Contents

Wat

erAi

d/An

na K

ari

p2

p6

p10

p14

p18

p4

p8

p12

p16

p20

Front cover photo: WaterAid/Anna KariClean water flows from a new handpump in Hambale village, Zambia.

2 Water and sanitation

We deliver services We work with partner organisations across Africa and Asia to help communities build water points and latrines close to their homes. We use technologies that fit the local context and we train people to maintain them. To maximise the health benefits of these facilities, we promote good hygiene practices.

We influence decision-makersWaterAid cannot solve the water and sanitation crisis alone; governments and other service providers must do more. We create public pressure to push water and sanitation to the top of the international agenda. We use our experience and research to influence politicians and other decision-makers to act.

We rely on your supportIn 2010/11 our 224,477 supporters directly supported 606 WaterAid staff and 479 partner organisations to carry out life-changing work in 23 countries worldwide. Thank you!

We help people who have no safe water or sanitation. Imagine living just one day without safe water. Imagine there being no clean toilets at home, at school, at work, anywhere. WaterAid believes nobody should live like that. We know that water and sanitation transform lives. We work towards our vision of a world where everyone has access to these basic services.

www.wateraid.org/whatwedo

Wat

erAi

d/La

yton

Tho

mps

on

“The toilet has made things much easier for me. It has helped me to feel

proud and have a sense of dignity because I don’t go

through ordeals whenever I go to the toilet.” Ramata Coulibaly,

Tienfala, Mali.

In the year ahead

We aim to reach 1.4 million people with

safe water.

WaterAid

transforms lives

£15can enable one person

to access safe water,

improved hygiene and

sanitation.

“I feel

that I

can m

ake a

differe

nce, ev

en in a

very

small

way. I’v

e been

very

lucky

to grow

up with

good h

ealth

provis

ion,

sanitat

ion an

d drink

ing

water. M

illions

of peop

le

are de

nied t

his.”

Ant Ty

ler, ran

the L

ondon

Maratho

n for W

aterAid

this ye

ar.An

t Ty

ler

4 WaterAid transforms lives

WaterAid delivers services

In the year ahead

We aim to reach 2.5 million people with

sanitation.

Highlights of 2010/11• We expanded our urban work: over 25% of the

people we reached live in cities or small towns.• We made significant responses to help people

affected by disasters, including reaching more than 150,000 people affected by the devastating floods in Pakistan in 2010.

• We increased our menstrual hygiene promotion activities; in Bangladesh a menstrual hygiene education programme reached 20,000 children in 772 schools.

• 98% of the 11,200 water facilities we tested were safe and functional.

• We continued to strive to ensure our services reached marginalised groups, such as girls and women, disabled people and people living with HIV/AIDS. Twelve country programmes received intensive training to improve equitable and inclusive approaches.

• We helped communities affected by drought introduce secondary water sources to supplement wells, including rainwater harvesting and sand dams.

The rope pump

The composting latrin

e

www.wateraid.org/technology

WaterWe make sure people have access to safe water close to home. There is no one-size-fits-all solution, so we work with local people to decide what will be appropriate, affordable and easy to maintain. Technologies we use include hand-dug wells, spring-fed gravity flow water networks and rainwater harvesting.

The rope pump (left) is cheap and can be made from locally-available parts. A loop of rope fitted with washers runs around a large wheel at the top and a smaller wheel below the water. As the wheel is turned, the rope draws water up through a PVC pipe by suction.

HygieneWe promote good hygiene practices – such as hand-washing with soap, protecting water sources, wearing sandals in latrines – to ensure the health benefits of safe water and sanitation are maximised.

SanitationHaving somewhere private and hygienic to go to the toilet has impacts far beyond improving health and keeping public space clean. For women and girls in particular, sanitation facilities provide dignity and safety.

Technologies we use include pit latrines, pour flush latrines and composting latrines (right), where the platform sits above two pits. Only one pit is used until it is full. Ash and soil are added after every visit. When the pit is full, it is sealed and the other pit is used. After a few months the full pit has turned into safe compost and can be dug out and used on crops. Illustrations by peter-mac.com

“We take water for

granted. When I ta

lk about

WaterAid's work, audiences

are shocked by the statistics

I use. I explain how safe

water is fundamental fo

r

development and people

must have water before they

have education.”

Janet W

ells, w

ho giv

es talk

s

about

our work

to au

dience

s

across

the U

K.

WaterAid/G

eorgie Scott

6 WaterAid delivers services

WaterAid influences decision-makers

Pat Spry, WaterAid supporter

WaterAid influences decision-makersHighlights of 2010/11• We helped to get sanitation included in the

outcome document of the UN Millennium Development Goals +10 Summit, and Jan Eliasson, Chair of WaterAid in Sweden, began his role as a Global Millennium Development Goal Personal Advocate for the UN Secretary General.

• We helped to successfully advocate for water, sanitation and hygiene to be included in the UK general election manifestos of the three main parties.

• We held a Westminster Walks for Water event, where UK Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell and 40 other MPs attended. 63 MPs signed an Early Day Motion and the UK Government announced a review of their portfolio of investments in sanitation and water.

• We worked with the President of Burkina Faso on plans to reach 54,000 families each year until 2015 with household latrines.

• We took part in the first Sanitation and Water for All high-level meeting, where the Ghana Government pledged an additional $350 million a year for five years to water and sanitation in Ghana.

www.wateraid.org/campaigns

Influencing at every levelWaterAid cannot solve the water and sanitation crisis alone and so we influence decision-makers in governments and other powerful institutions. Campaigning makes things happen and we do this in a variety of ways, at all levels, across the world.

At the international level, we often join forces with our partners and call on decision-makers to, for example, get aid where it is needed most or to integrate water and sanitation into health strategies.

At the national level, we often collect supporters’ signatures in order to build pressure on elected representatives. Our experience and research, combined with your voice, engages politicians and makes the issues difficult to ignore.

In our country programmes we take a similar approach and mobilise citizens to engage with their government so they receive their rights to water and sanitation. We also support service-providers with, for example, mapping data or technical expertise so they can fulfil their responsibilities to communities.

In the year ahead

We will work with governments in 11

countries in Africa to improve planning and

monitoring of the water and sanitation

sector.“I’v

e cam

paigne

d for w

ater an

d sani

tation

for the

past 2

5 year

s and

I’ve fou

nd the

re is re

al gove

rnment

suppo

rt for

these

issues

that so

many pe

ople in

the U

K are pa

ssiona

te abou

t.”

Pat Sp

ry, who

tireles

sly cam

paigns

on wate

r

and sa

nitation

issues

for W

aterAid

Our Chi

ef Exec

utive B

arbara

Frost m

eets

Andrew

Mitchell,

Secre

tary of

State

for

Interna

tional D

evelop

ment

WaterAid

WaterAid/Andrew Aitchison

WaterAid campaigners on the

streets of Burkina Faso.

WaterAid/Layton Thompson

8

14

12

10

08

09

13

1115

1718

05

0402

03

01

22

07

06

19

16

2321

20

*Country programme at pilot phase*Country programme at pilot phase *Country programme at pilot phase

We worked in 23 countries last year. Our 606 staff worked with 479 partner organisations.

Where we work

million people

reached with

safe water

since 1981.15.9 11millio

n

people

reached with

sanitation

since 2004.

www.wateraid.org/wherewework

1.6S

anitation

1.5Water

Totals for 2010/11

million people

million people

The numbers of people we reached in 2010/11:

01. Madagascar

Water: 32,000 / Sanitation: 21,000

02. Malawi Water: 18,000 / Sanitation: 49,000

03. Mozambique Water: 52,000 / Sanitation: 45,000

04. Zambia Water: 36,000 / Sanitation: 41,000

05. Angola*

06. Lesotho*

07. Swaziland*

08. Burkina Faso Water: 59,000 / Sanitation: 93,000

09. Ghana Water: 45,000 / Sanitation: 14,000

10. Mali Water: 31,000 / Sanitation: 36,000

11. Nigeria Water: 86,000 / Sanitation: 144,000

12. Liberia Water: 4,000 / Sanitation: 1,000

13. Niger Water: 7,000 / Sanitation: 4,000

14. Sierra Leone* Water:* / Sanitation: 6,000

15. Ethiopia Water: 77,000 / Sanitation: 103,000

16. Tanzania Water: 60,000 / Sanitation: 42,000

17. Uganda Water: 59,000 / Sanitation: 24,000

18. Kenya*

19. Rwanda Water: 4,000 / Sanitation: 1,000

20. India Water: 582,000 / Sanitation: 435,000

21. Nepal Water: 59,000 / Sanitation: 62,000

22. Bangladesh Water: 215,000 / Sanitation: 453,000

23. Pakistan Water: 21,000 / Sanitation: 42,000

Southern Africa

West Africa

East Africa Asia

10 Where we work

WaterAi

d is fo

unded

by UK w

ater

compan

ies in

1981. W

ork be

gins in

Zambia

and S

ri Lank

a.

WaterAi

d laun

ches a

new Glob

al

Strate

gy. Work

begin

s in nin

e new

countr

ies, b

ringing

our to

tal glo

bal

number

of co

untries

to 26

.

WaterAi

d wins

Charit

y of th

e

Year a

t the U

K Char

ity Aw

ards.

WaterAi

d now

has M

ember

office

s in

Americ

a and

Austra

lia, op

ening

new pr

ogram

mes

in Timor

Leste

and Pa

pua New

Guinea.

WaterAi

d has

now he

lped o

ver 10

million p

eople g

ain ac

cess to

safe w

ater.

WaterAi

d is v

oted B

ritain’s

‘Most

-Admired

Charity

’ at th

e Third

Secto

r award

s.

HRH th

e Princ

e of W

ales

becom

es Wate

rAid’s

first P

reside

nt,

a role

he co

ntinues

to th

is day.

WaterAi

d has

helped

350,0

00

people

in 12

countr

ies.

WaterAi

d join

s Oxfa

m and G

reenpe

ace as

one o

f the

three

main go

od cau

ses su

pporte

d by th

e Glas

tonbur

y

Festiva

l. Wate

rAid’s

advoc

acy work

begin

s.

WaterAi

d intr

oduces

hygie

ne edu

cation

in its p

rogram

mes. Wate

rAid w

ins th

e

prestig

ious S

tockho

lm Water P

rize.

BBC Blue

Peter

launch

es the

WaterWork

s Appe

al that

raised

£1.45

million f

or Wate

rAid.

Water is

decla

red a

human

right a

nd a s

anitat

ion ta

rget is

added

to

the UN’s M

illenni

um Deve

lopment

Goals.

30 years1981-2011 C

elebra

ting

of WaterAid

Over 20

0,000

genero

us peo

ple

in the

UK now

give r

egular

donatio

ns to

WaterAi

d.

Thanks

to yo

ur am

azing

and co

ntinued

suppor

t, we h

ave no

w reach

ed 15.

9

million p

eople w

ith saf

e wate

r

and 11

million w

ith

sanitat

ion.

Our President HRH The Prince

of Wales meets community

leaders in Uganda in 2007.

A campaign event in

Trafalgar Square, 2009.

WaterAi

d’s fou

nders i

n 1981

.

WaterAi

d

suppor

ters at

Glaston

bury

Festiva

l, 2011

.

WaterAid/Mark Pengelly

WaterAid David Parry/PA W

ire/WaterAid

1981

1988

1991

1994

1995

2002

2003

2004

2007

2009

2010

2011

www.w

ateraid

.org/30

years

2006

12 30 years

our first country

Zambia: 30 years agoIn 1981 we began our first project in the Southern Province of Zambia, helping communities affected by severe drought gain access to safe water. We returned in 1994 to open a permanent programme and now work in seven districts. Zambia faces many challenges, including a high prevalence of HIV and an increasingly unpredictable climate, which brings both droughts and floods. WaterAid supports water, sanitation and hygiene projects, strengthens local governments’ ability to deliver water and sanitation services, and calls for increased funding for these vital services.

Wat

erAi

d/An

na K

ari

Wat

erAi

d/An

na K

ari

Wat

erAi

d/Jim

Hol

mes

“A nea

rby vil

lage h

ad suf

fered fr

om

cholera

and w

e want

to avo

id

cholera

break

ing ou

t here

.”

Joseph

Hammoba

(Fathe

r of M

ayaba

pictur

ed bel

ow lef

t)

In the year ahead

In Zambia, we plan to reach over 38,000

people with safe water and more than 50,000

with sanitation.

www.wateraid.org/zambia

400,000people in

Zambia reached

with safe water

since 1981.

Hand-washing saves livesEight year old Mayaba Hammoba from the village of Chisikili, Southern Province, is pictured here in 1997 washing his hands using a ‘tippy tap’ made from an old plastic bottle. Mayaba has just visited a ventilated pit latrine built by his father Joseph using just one bag of cement.

Urban solutionsInitially, WaterAid’s focus in Zambia was predominantly rural. In 2004 we responded to the worsening water and sanitation problems in rapidly growing towns and cities by starting work in the peri-urban areas around the capital city, Lusaka, and in several small towns. Above, children play over an open sewer in Lusaka.

Wat

erAi

d/An

na K

ari

100% water and sanitation coverageWaterAid’s approach in Zambia has progressed over the years from aiming for 100% water and sanitation coverage in ‘model villages’ to supporting whole districts. The pictures right and above, taken in Monze District in July 2010, show a young girl enjoying clean water from a well in Hambale village, and a teenage girl outside a new school latrine block in Nyimba ward.

14 Our first country

Income and expenditure in 2010/11This summary financial information, which has been extracted from the audited Annual Report and Financial Statements 2010/11 (approved on September 1 2011), provides a brief overview in the context of our achievements in the year.

Donation

s

Suppor

ting pa

rtners

to de

liver w

ater, s

anitati

on and

hygie

ne

Grants (

unrest

ricted)

Influen

cing d

ecisio

n-make

rs

Grants (

restric

ted)

Fundra

ising

Gifts in

kind

Governa

nce

Activit

ies for

genera

ting fu

nds£32.

4m

£32.9m

£1.6m

£6.2m

£12.9m

£0.2m

£1.0m

Income£48.1m

£50.8m

*To fulfil our commitments to our

partners and the communities we work with, we used £2.7m of our reserves as

planned.

For the Annual Report and

Financial Statements, go to the link above or use the contact details on the back

to get in touch.

we spend...

In every£177p

on fundraising

and governance.on delivering

services and

influencing decision-makers.

23p

www.wateraid.org/annualreport

£11.3m

£0.4m

Expenditure *

16 Income and expenditure

@OneAllia

nce

4Deliv

ery Ltd

ADSM

Air Te

chnolo

gy Sys

tems

Al Khu

bairat

British

School

, Abu D

habi

Allegra

Found

ation (

UK Coffe

e Week

)

Anglian

Water S

ervice

s Ltd

Aveda

Axon

Balfour

Beatty U

tility S

olution

s

Barclay

s Bank

Barclay

s Bank

(Ghan

a) Ltd

Barclay

s Capi

tal

Barhale

Const

ruction

Plc

Big Lott

ery Fu

nd

Big Natio

nal Ce

ilidh o

rganis

ers

Biwater

Black &

Veatc

h Ltd

Bristol W

ater P

lc

British

Water

Byzak

Ltd

Cambrid

ge Wate

r

CIWEM

Clancy

Docwra

Cliffor

d Chan

ce Fou

ndation

Clyde

& Co

Cobra

Founda

tion

Consol

idated

Contr

actors

Compan

y

Corpor

ate Mobi

le Recy

cling

Costain

Ltd

DAWSO

N WAM

Decante

r

Diageo

Africa

Dubai Ca

res

Dwr Cym

ru Wels

h Wate

r

Ecover

UK

Elm Ca

pital As

sociate

s

Environ

ment Ag

ency

Europe

an Com

mission

Evoluti

on Fes

tival

FANCL

Fastflo

w Pipel

ine Se

rvices

Favers

ham Hous

e Grou

p

Fondat

ion En

semble

Frampto

n Cott

erell a

nd Coa

lpit Heat

h Grou

p

Gallifor

d Try a

nd Imtec

h

General

Panel S

ystem

s Ltd

Georg a

nd Em

ily von

Opel Fo

undatio

n

GHA Livig

unn

Glaston

bury F

estiva

ls Ltd

Glaston

bury P

ilgrimage

Assoc

iation

Governm

ent of

Banglad

esh

Gowlan

d and

Dawson

Limited

Hennes

and Maur

itz AB

Herbert

Smith

LLP

HS Work

s

Hudson

and Yo

rke Ltd

Hunter

Boot Ltd

Hydro I

nterna

tional

Institu

te of

Water

IPLOCA

Irish A

id

Isle of

Man Over

seas A

id Com

mittee

Japan

Water Fo

rum

Jersey

Oversea

s Aid

Commiss

ion

JN Bentley

Limited

KBR

KMI P

lus

KPMG

Lumsde

n & Ca

rroll C

onstru

ction L

imited

Mace Grou

p

Matki P

lc

May Gurn

ey

Mildren

Constru

ction L

td

Miller B

rands

Ministry

of For

eign A

ffairs,

The Neth

erlands

Morgan

Sindal

l Grou

p plc

Mott MacD

onald

MWH

Nalco

NMCNomenc

a

Norther

n Irela

nd Wate

r

Northum

brian W

ater Li

mited

OFWAT

PaperchasePictet & CiePortsmouth Water Ltd

PRANA-Stiftung

Rainwater Harvesting Implementation Network

Research in Motion/BlackBerry

Rotary Club of Dar es Salaam

Rotork PlcSABMiller plcSave the Children Finland

Scottish WaterScottish Water Solutions

Sembcorp Bournemouth Water

Severn Trent Water

ShareGiftSightsavers SimaviSing for Water organisers

Sing for Water West

South East Water Ltd

South Staffordshire Water

South West Water Ltd

Southern Water

Specialist Services

States of Guernsey Overseas Aid Commission

Supporting Clubs within Lions

International Multiple District 105

Supporting Clubs within Rotary

International Great Britain and Ireland

Supporting Clubs within Soroptimist

International of Great Britain and Ireland

Supporting Clubs within the Association of

Inner Wheel Great Britain and Ireland

Sutton and East Surrey Water

Swiss Agency for Development

and Cooperation

Tap into WaterAid participants

Taylormaid Industries Ltd

TearfundTerre NouvelleThames Water Utilities Ltd

The Alchemy Foundation

The Allan & Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust

The Band Aid Charitable Trust

The Bank of New York Mellon

The Co-operative Bank

The Ernest Ingham Charitable Trust

The Foster Wood Foundation

The Grimmitt Trust

The Headley Trust

The Lotus Foundation

The Mayor’s Thames Festival

The New English School, Kuwait

The Prem Rawat Foundation

The Publican The Ranworth Trust 1985

The Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation

The Tolkien Trust

The Treeside Trust

The TYF Group Ltd

The Waterloo Foundation

TORMTyco Waterworks

UBS AGUKaid from the Department for

International Development

UN-HABITATUNICEFUNISONUnited UtilitiesUNOPSUSAIDVeolia Water Central

Veolia Water East

Veolia Water Southeast

Veolia Water UK

Vitol Charitable Foundation

Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor

Water Supply and Sanitation

Collaborative Council

WaterAid Rutland Fundraising Group

Waterstone’sWessex WaterWhitbread Hotels and Restaurants

Woodmansterne Publications

World Health Organization

Yorkshire Water

Thank you We would like to express our heartfelt

gratitude to everyone who gave so generously to

support WaterAid’s work last year. We could not do it without you. Here we thank

the groups and organisations who gave significant support

to WaterAid in 2010/11.

18 Thank you

1.6

million people reached with sanitation

in 2010/11.

1.5

million people reached with safe water in 2010/11.

WaterAid transforms lives by improving access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation in the world’s poorest communities. We work with partners and influence decision-makers to maximise our impact.

47-49 Durham Street, SE11 5JD020 7793 4594supportercare@wateraid.orgwww.wateraid.org

www.facebook.org/wateraidwww.twitter.org/wateraidwww.youtube.org/wateraid

President HRH The Prince of Wales Registered charity numbers 288701 (England and Wales) and SC039479 (Scotland) Registered Office as above Company Reg. No. 1787329 VAT registration number 736 1798 05

I would like to donate £ .....................................................................................................................................................................

I enclose a cheque/postal order or charity voucher made payable to WaterAid (delete as appropriate).

Or please debit my: Mastercard/Visa/Maestro/Switch/CAF charity card(delete as appropriate).

Card No:

Start date: Expiry date: Issue no: Shaded boxes for Maestro cards only.

Signature ...................................................................................................................................Date ..........................................................................

Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms/Dr (delete as appropriate): ....................... Surname: ............................................................................

First name: ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Home address: ............................................................................................................................................................................................................

................................................................................................................................................ Postcode: ...........................................................................

Home/work/mobile tel: ................................................................................................................................................................................

Email: ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Organisation (if applicable): ................................................................................................................................................................................

Please return this form to:WaterAid, Freepost RLZG-YTUU-TUER, 47-49 Durham Street, London SE11 5JDPlease send me:

information on how I can help with a regular donation information on WaterAid’s campaign activities information for my company/school/club/place of worship (delete as necessary)

information on the London Marathon and other challenge events information on the WaterAid credit card information on leaving a gift in my Will to WaterAid

Your support makes our vital work possible. We’d like to keep in touch with you to tell you more. But if you don’t want to hear more from WaterAid and WaterAid Trading Ltd please let us know.

Make your gift do more!Through Gift Aid any donation you give will be worth 25% more, at NO extra cost to you. To sign up simply:

Tick here if you would like WaterAid to reclaim the tax you have paid on all your donations made in the last four years, and any future donations you may make.*

*To qualify for Gift Aid, you must pay as much UK income and/or capital gains tax as WaterAid will reclaim in each tax year (6 April to 5 April), currently 25p for every £1 you donate. Gift Aid will be used to fund WaterAid’s general work.

Yes, I would like to helpYou can donate to WaterAid online at www.wateraid.org or by calling 020 7793 4594

11/QAJ/01A

£15 can enable one person to access safe water, improved hygiene and

sanitation.

ENDWATERPOVERTY