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
34 projects · 34 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
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
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