Water is one of the most important resources on Earth. Throughout the Quran there are countless verses where Allah (SWT) describes how He sent water down to Earth for the creation and maintenance of life.  HHRD’s WASH program provides access to clean drinking water and dignified sanitation through the construction of wells, pumps, rainwater collection units and bathrooms. Access to water and sanitation are recognized as human rights and the countries targeted by HHRD are in particular need.

By providing safe and clean drinking water, we can reduce the staggering death toll suffered by children and families due to diarrheal diseases. In developing countries, up to 80% of illnesses are linked to poor water and sanitation conditions. Typhoid fever, cholera and many other diseases still run rampant. In many remote areas, women must travel long distances to fetch water for family use. In extreme cases, this task can take up to half a day.

Due to years of insufficient rainfall. 20 million are at risk of starvation, mostly women and children. A chronic lack of water has created a food shortage, a rise in infections and preventable diseases, and the death of millions of livestock—the livelihood and major food source for people in this region. We have offices in Kenya, Somalia, Uganda, and Tanzania and is working to provide urgent relief through malnutrition healing food, along with clean water, sanitation and hygiene services to reduce infections and disease outbreaks.

Syrians are the largest forcibly displaced population in the world with more than half of the Syrian population either fleeing the country or living in makeshift camps. This region has been marked with civil unrest, which has led to an unimaginable humanitarian crisis. Now with the earthquake that has occurred in Turkey and Syria, even more refugees have been displaced and their need for water is more crucial than ever before. There is a massive refugee population living below the poverty line. Water trucking is the only way to provide clean water to refugee families living in the desert. These trucks provide clean water every 15 days for four Syrian refugee families per year.