Help Bring Clean Water and Local Jobs to Africa by Funding Our Final Prototypes!
We’re building two low-cost water systems for families with no clean water — but we need your help to complete them.
Many Americans understand the hardship of hunger — but can you imagine not having clean water at all? Or having to ration dirty water, knowing it’s unsafe, because there are no other options?
Every day, millions of people in rural Africa rely on contaminated rivers or walk miles to reach distant boreholes just to access water far below the quality standards we take for granted. We believe this should not be the norm — and we’re doing something about it.
We are the GleanWater team, a collaboration between student innovators and a growing community initiative, focused on delivering clean water and sustainable jobs to underserved communities in Africa. While our nonprofit, Health and Wealth Development Inc., is not yet officially registered, it represents our long-term commitment to community development, sustainability, and equity. We are fully transparent about our current status, and this campaign is part of our early-stage groundwork to prove the concept, complete research, and build trust with future funders and partners.
💧What We’ve Built
GleanWater is an affordable, locally built rainwater harvesting system that turns rooftops into reliable, year-round sources of clean water. Each system includes:
A 1000L IBC tank
Rain gutter and tarp capture system
A two-stage outdoor prefiltration and filtration process
A countertop drinking filter inside the home
Designed to last 12+ years, our system provides more than just water — it creates local jobs and long-term self-sufficiency. It uses no electricity, requires only basic construction skills, and was built for ease of use and affordability in remote villages.
Our Company Will Create Jobs
We will train and pay local workers above-average wages (affordable in U.S. dollars) to install and maintain these systems. This creates high-paying jobs by local standards and keeps our operating costs low — allowing us to reach even more families in need.
Why We’re Asking for Your Help
We are at a critical point in our mission: we need your support to build and test two final prototypes that will complete our research phase.
These prototypes are essential because they address two very different housing types:
One system is designed for tin or concrete rooftops commonly found in semi-urban areas.
The other is a standalone system designed specifically for grass-roofed huts and traditional village homes where no modern roofing exists.
This second prototype is what we’re most excited about — it brings clean, filtered rainwater directly to rural and traditional communities that have been excluded from water infrastructure solutions for too long.
Your Donation Will Directly Fund:
-Materials for both prototype systems
-Field testing across varied terrain
-Local labor and trainee stipends
-Water quality testing
-Final documentation to present to NGOs and international partners
Why This Matters
With your help, we’ll complete this final testing phase and then pursue a fiscal sponsorship or NGO partnership to unlock grant funding for our full pilot in Ghana.
Once funded, we’ll immediately begin installations — bringing clean water to 40–50 homes during the pilot phase. From there, our scalable model can expand across Africa, powered by local hands and sustainable jobs.
🙏 We Need Your Help to Finish What We Started
As student innovators, we don’t have the funds to complete these prototypes ourselves — but we have the passion, the plan, and the community connections.
Please help us raise the final funds to complete our research and show the world that community-powered water solutions are not only possible — they’re scalable.
Thank you so much for helping us bring clean water to the people who need it most.
This is a reposted version of our original request. We realized we forgot to include our PayPal donation link, and we wanted to make it right.
— The GleanWater Team
Partnered with Health and Wealth Development Inc.