Understand before you contribute

The questions people really ask us, handled one by one. Nothing that can't be verified, and the photographs come from our own sites.

A child drinks from the water running out of the pump

10 August 20264 min

What a sadaqa jariya is, and why a well is one

A continuing charity is a deed whose benefit outlives the person who did it. A well is the example most often cited, and the hadith that lists them says why.

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Drainage channels poured on either side of the slab

9 August 20265 min

How much does a drinking-water well cost? From €350 to €1,100, and why

A well does not cost the same everywhere. It depends on drilling depth, access to the village and the cost of materials on site. Here are our six countries, their prices and their timeframes.

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The village gathered at the well, with the sign bearing the funder's name

8 August 20265 min

How to check that a well was really built

This is the question that stops most people, and it is a fair one: you are funding work you will never see with your own eyes. Here is what you can demand, and what we provide.

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A crowd around the pump on the day of commissioning

7 August 20264 min

How many people does a well really serve?

Around 40 people day to day, up to 400 depending on how dense the village is. What those figures cover, and what actually changes for a community.

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The borehole opened by hand, before any construction

6 August 20266 min

How a well is built, step by step

Surveying, permits, drilling, slab, pump, commissioning. What actually happens on site, shown through photographs of our own wells.

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