Help us dig toilets and save millions of lives

Your monthly gift to WaterAid will help save children’s lives every day.

How much will you give each month?

4,000 children die, every day

That’s three children every minute of every day. They die because they don’t have
proper toilets, so many have to defecate wherever they can. Faeces contaminates everything they touch, eat and drink, causing deadly diarrhoeal diseases.

The solution is so simple

We can stop the suffering by digging safe pit toilets. The technology needed is as simple as a spade. The training and equipment are no more complicated. And pit toilets last for years, saving lives day after day. So your gift will keep on working.

How your money can help

Over one year:

  • £3 a month could pay for a pit toilet to help keep children safe.
  • £5 a month could train a mason to build toilets.
  • £10 a month could train a community group to manage the new toilet and water facilities.

Please help us today. Choose a monthly amount at the top of this page, or make a one-off donation here.


Watch our videos to see how the sanitation crisis is affecting real lives in Africa. (Click twice to view larger on YouTube).


Can you imagine not being able to escape from excrement? Here's what happened when we chased Londoners with a poo on wheels to raise awareness for the Dig Toilets, Not Graves campaign. Watch video.

Help us dig toilets and save millions of lives

Your monthly gift to WaterAid will help save children’s lives every day.

How much will you give each month?

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