1 in 9 people
lack access to clean water…
48% of people
in sub-Saharan Africa lack clean water
Every 90 seconds
a child dies of a waterborne disease
Women and children
walk up to 6 hours
each day to fetch water
1,000,000 deaths
from disease
260 billion
dollars in economic loss
Changing the numbers,
and changing lives, one well at a time
A Simple Question:
What Can We Do?
Water to Thrive’s first water project was funded in 2008, after a Bible study group
at Triumphant Love Lutheran Church in Austin, Texas, learned about the staggering cost
of the global water crisis and decided it was necessary to act.
The group decided to see if they could raise enough money to fund a couple of wells. After just 90 days, they had ultimately collected enough money to build 12 wells.
Dick Moeller, a member of the group, was inspired by the success of that first campaign.
He realized that if one church group could raise enough money for 12 wells, others could do even more. Motivated by the desire to bring clean water to those who so desperately need it,
Dick founded Water to Thrive.
The blessing of clean, safe water
In over a decade since its founding, Water to Thrive has funded
more than 1,900 water projects bringing clean, safe water
to over 900,000 people in rural African communities.
Clean water decreases disease rates by 80 percent.
Easy access to clean water
gives children more time for education.
$1 invested in water for a community
yields $6 in economic benefit.