Hippo Roller
Fresh WaterHippo Roller — Rolling Water Home
A 90-litre rolling barrel that lets rural families move five buckets' worth of water in a single easy trip.
65krollersHippo Rollers distributed
56countriesCountries reached
South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa
36 projects · 36 organizations
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Save the Vaal Environment (SAVE)
Fresh WaterSuing the State to Save the Vaal River
A committee of Vaal River residents has spent three decades hauling South African officials to court to stop raw sewage from destroying the country's third-longest river.
1,120kmVaal River length protected
170million litres/dayRaw/partially treated sewage entering the Vaal at height of Emfuleni collapse
Duzi-uMngeni Conservation Trust (DUCT)
Fresh WaterDUCT: Healthy Rivers, Healthy People Across KwaZulu-Natal
Since 2005, DUCT has been watchdog and rehab crew for the uMsunduzi and uMngeni Rivers, pairing water-quality monitoring with jobs for the communities living along their banks.
31waterwaysRivers and streams monitored
1,000jobsJobs created via Social Employment Fund
Gift of the Givers Foundation
Fresh WaterGift of the Givers: Africa's Largest Disaster-Response NGO Drills for Water
Founded by Imtiaz Sooliman in 1992, South Africa's largest disaster-relief NGO drills boreholes, runs desalination plants, and trucks millions of litres of water to communities in crisis across Africa and beyond.
3Mlitres/monthWater delivered
6BZARTotal humanitarian aid delivered since 1992