Water Is Life: Help CARE Sudan Bring Clean Water to 100,000 Families
Fatima used to spend hours every day pushing a heavy hand pump up and down, struggling to draw enough water for her family. The work was exhausting, time-consuming, and there was no guarantee the water was even clean .
Today, thanks to CARE Sudan and supporters like you, Fatima's life has changed. "We are glad that now we can get water from the taps easily," she shares from the displacement camp in Kass, South Darfur. "In the past, women and girls used to spend hours struggling to push the water hand pump up and down to get their daily water. Thanks to CARE who introduced the solar-powered water pumps, which enabled us to get clean and treated water directly to our jerrycans" .
Fatima is one of the lucky ones. Across Sudan's rural communities and displacement camps, the reality for most families is very different.
In South Darfur, a recent assessment revealed that a staggering 92.4% of people suffer from difficulty accessing water, poor water quality, or insufficient quantity for their households . Only 7.6% have easy access to adequate safe water .
The burden falls heaviest on women and girls, who are responsible for fetching water in 82% of households—55% of women and 27% of girls carry this daily burden . They walk long, perilous distances through conflict-affected areas, facing unimaginable risks including gender-based violence and sexual harassment, which nearly 22% of women report experiencing during water collection .
In Kordofan, communities told CARE that before we constructed reservoirs, they had to walk more than 17 kilometers to fetch water—often buying it from traders at exorbitant prices, spending half their meager income on water alone .
This is unacceptable. Clean water is a basic human right.
CARE Sudan has been working in Sudan for decades, bringing sustainable water solutions to communities cut off from safe water. With support from partners like the Government of Canada, USAID, and individual donors like you, we have:
Rehabilitated 39 hand pumps and four water points
Maintained six water systems
Upgraded hand pumps to solar systems
Constructed women's toilets with safety and dignity in mind
Built reservoirs (haffirs) to collect and store seasonal rains
Installed water hand pumps in villages like Alkalakil, South Darfur, protecting women and girls from violence
In East Darfur, a solar-powered water yard renovated by CARE with USAID funding now provides safe drinking water to over 24,000 people—both host communities and newly displaced families fleeing conflict .
Your support makes this possible. With Sudan facing the world's largest displacement crisis—over 12 million people uprooted—and famine declared in parts of the country, access to clean water is more critical than ever .
Join CARE Sudan in bringing clean water to 1,000 families. Every dollar you give flows directly into wells, pumps, and pipes that transform lives.
What Your Donation Funds:
$50 - Water filters for one family, providing immediate safe drinking water
$200 - Hand pump well maintenance, keeping existing water points functioning
$500 - New borehole drilling, opening access to clean groundwater
$2,000 - Complete water system for a village, transforming an entire community
As Fatima says: "I cannot believe it. I just spent a few minutes at the water point to fill my pots and go back home to perform other duties or go to work on time. Women and girls have several household chores" .
Give the gift of time, safety, and health. Donate to CARE Sudan's Clean Water Program today.