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Water for Life

It is a fact that access to clean and safe water also tends to enhance the economic well-being of households and communities by enabling residents to engage more in productive activities instead of using most of their time in pursuit of water from long distances.

The Water for Life Program was incepted in 2010 to provide free clean, and safe water to various Tanzanian communities. Since its conception, the program has commissioned 21 boreholes in 8 regions, including Iringa, Dar es Salaam, Pwani, Moshi, Mwanza, Ruvuma, Dodoma, Manyara, Kilimanjaro, and Mara. The program has benefitted more than two million people with free clean, and safe water since 2010. The implementing partners of the Water of Life program are AMREF, WaterAid Tanzania, and EABL Foundation.

According to feedback from SBL, notable beneficiaries of this program have been school-going girls who find ample time to freely attend schools rather than spend many hours fetching water from far.

Many communities in East Africa have no access to clean, safe water. The lack is due to inadequate rainfall and poor infrastructure. In response to this, SBL Foundation has continuously partnered with various agencies to provide clean, safe, and sustainable water supply to communities living in water-stressed areas.

Through the Water for Life program, we support projects that help combat water poverty by improving access to clean drinking water and sanitation. We continue to invest heavily in water projects that have a positive and long-term impact on thousands of people by reducing the incidence of water-borne diseases and by releasing time otherwise spent by women and children in search of water for alternative income-generating activities