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Our Core Impact Areas
Waterborne Disease
Prevention
Giving every child the foundation for a healthy life.
The Problem:
Diarrheal diseases kill more children under five than malaria, AIDS, and measles combined—yet the solution typically costs less than $5/person per year.
How We Help:
We provide scientific blueprints for gravity filtration, ultrafiltration, biosand filters, and disinfection systems tailored to each community's water source, infrastructure, and budget.
Return on Investment:
Every $1 invested returns up to $25 in averted healthcare costs and increased productivity.
In the US, water treatment in the early 20th Century was linked to a 60% drop in infant mortality and a 15 year life expectancy increase.
Toxin &
Heavy Metal Management
Breaking the toxic cycle of sickness and poverty.
The Problem:
Hundreds of millions of people are unknowingly drinking water laced with arsenic, lead, or mercury—geological and industrial poisons that cause cancer, brain damage, and developmental disorders.
How We Help:
We help partners identify the specific threats and design targeted filtration systems to neutralize them.
Return on Investment:
Reducing heavy metal exposure is a powerful investment in the future - delivering returns as high as
17-to-1, with massive long-term gains from protecting children's brain development.
This intervention is synergistic with educational investments
Fisheries & Freshwater Economies
Restoring the foundations of food and income.
The Problem:
Communities depend on local lakes and rivers for protein and livelihood. Untreated sewage and nutrient runoff fuel algal blooms that deplete oxygen, kill fish, and collapse local economies.
How We Help:
We guide scientific treatments, implement nature-based solutions, and provide local fishery management education to restore and protect these vital ecosystems.
Return on Investment:
Restoration projects that enhance fishery yields and local tourism benefit the local fishers who typically live on less than $5/day, improve local nutrition through higher supply of protein and omega-3s - delivering a long-term ROI of 10-to-1 or higher.
Clean Water Synergies:
Food & Nutrition
Healthier crops. Stronger bodies. Fewer deaths.
The Problem:
For the 3.5 billion people who depend on rice, contaminated water and nutrient-poor soil reduces food security. Additionally, common vitamin deficiencies can increase the risk of death from waterborne diseases by more than 60% in children.
How We Help:
We optimize soil biogeochemistry to increase yield, nutrition, and reduce toxin uptake. We pair this with Vitamin A and Zinc supplementation to dramatically reduce waterborne disease severity and child mortality.
Return on Investment:
Zinc supplementation when symptomatic decreases child mortality by up to 46% in high-burden areas.