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Programs | WASH

Water changes what's possible.

Reliable water strengthens health, education, livelihoods, and entire communities. Choose a Water Solution below, and follow its journey from the first day of work to the community it serves.

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A HARO worker fills rows of jerry cans from emergency water tankers in Daaru-Salaam village, Nugaal, 2025

Water Solutions

From immediate water delivery to permanent community water systems, HARO provides solutions for different levels of need. Fund a specific Water Solution, or give through the Water Fund to help us respond where the need is greatest.

Two women carry water containers back through their neighbourhood in Somalia

Water Fund

From $100or any amount

Give where the need is greatest.

Give any amount to HARO's Water Fund and help meet priority water needs across the Horn of Africa.

Your gift gives HARO the flexibility to respond to urgent water needs, support priority water projects, and direct funding where it can make the greatest difference.

A community gathers around a newly completed HARO shallow well in Hiraan, Somalia

Living Water Initiative

From $500

Make your water project personal.

Fund a complete Water Solution and make it your own.

Choose the Water Solution you want to fund and complete your gift. After your donation, a member of HARO will personally contact you to choose an available location, discuss your dedication, and walk you through what happens next.

From there, we'll keep you connected to your project with updates, photos, and videos as your Water Solution comes to life.

Choose your Water Solution

After payment, leave your number and a member of HARO will call to choose a location, discuss your dedication and explain what happens next.

A camel and a donkey drink beside HARO emergency water tankers in Nugaal, Puntland

Water Tanker

$500

When the water runs out, you can help bring it back.

When drought or crisis disrupts access to water, families cannot wait for a permanent solution. Your gift helps HARO deliver emergency water directly to communities facing urgent need.

One gift. One tanker. Thousands of liters of water delivered when a community needs it most.

With $500, you can fund one Water Tanker delivery of approximately 21,000 liters of water.

A HARO team member checks a newly built shallow well in Hiraan, Somalia

Shallow Well

$2,000

Give a community water they can come back to every day.

For communities without reliable water nearby, finding enough can mean a daily struggle. A Shallow Well helps bring a dependable water source closer to home.

Your gift doesn't just provide water for today. It helps put a reliable source of water within reach for the days ahead.

With $2,000, you can fund a complete Shallow Well and turn your gift into a water source a community can use day after day.

Goats drink from the trough of a HARO water point while community members look on

Water Station

$4,000

Put reliable water where people gather every day.

A HARO Water Station creates a dedicated water access point for a school, mosque, or other location where reliable water is needed.

Built with water storage and multiple taps, the station makes it easier for people to collect water from one accessible location and can serve approximately 500 people per day, depending on local conditions.

With $4,000, you can fund a complete Water Station and help bring reliable water access to a place a community depends on every day.

Women and children queue with jerry cans at a HARO water solution in Tuur village, Eyl

Community Water Station

$6,500

Bring reliable water access to an entire community.

A HARO Community Water Station is built for areas where water needs extend beyond a single school, mosque, or gathering place.

With larger storage and multiple access points, the station is designed to serve approximately 1,000 people per day, depending on local conditions, giving more families a reliable place to collect the water they need.

With $6,500, you can fund a complete Community Water Station and help put reliable water within reach for an entire community.

Solar panels power the pump house and elevated water tank of a HARO solar water systemWater infrastructure sustainability

Solar Powered Water System

$40,000

Harness the sun. Keep the water flowing.

HARO's Solar Powered Water Systems use solar energy to power water pumping, helping communities reduce their dependence on fuel and strengthen the reliability of their water infrastructure.

Designed for long term use, these systems pair renewable energy with essential water infrastructure to help keep water accessible while reducing ongoing operating costs.

Your gift helps HARO build water systems designed not just to provide water today, but to keep communities supplied for years to come.

Every Water Solution can be given with or without a dedication.

Make your Water Solution personal by giving in honor of someone, in memory of someone, or as Sadaqah Jariyah. A dedication is always optional.

How Giving Works

See where your water project goes.

The Living Water Initiative connects you directly to the journey of your project. Choose the Water Solution, choose from available locations, and follow the work from project confirmation through construction and community handover.

  1. 01

    Choose Your Water Solution

    From a $500 tanker to a full Community Water Station, choose the solution you want to fund.

  2. 02

    Choose Where It's Built

    Choose from available communities or regions where HARO can responsibly implement the project.

  3. 03

    Personalize Your GiftOptional

    Give in honor of someone, in memory of someone, as Sadaqah Jariyah, or without a dedication.

  4. 04

    Follow Your Project

    Follow your project from confirmation through field updates, construction, completion, and community handover, with real photos and updates along the way.

Follow Your Project from Start to Finish

  • Project and location confirmed directly with you
  • Real field photos and videos as work progresses
  • Completion documentation and community handover
  • Community dua and celebration video, when appropriate

The general Water Fund does not participate in the journey above — it is the one exception, since it is not tied to a single location or project.

Goats drink at the trough of the refurbished Ceel Aftogweyne well in Nugaal
Ceel Aftogweyne well, Nugaal — a completed project serving families and their livestock
Video testimonials

Hear it from the community.

Short films from HARO's water work in Puntland — the people, the tankers and the wells your gifts pay for. Pick a clip to play it.

Living Water Initiative

Your Living Water journey starts here.

Thank you for funding a Water Solution with HARO. Please leave the best number to reach you. A member of HARO will personally call you to discuss your project, available locations, dedication, and next steps.

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From the archive

Water HARO has already delivered

Wells, boreholes and water trucking from HARO's field record since 2007.

  1. 2014Gedo drought response trucked water to nine villages — 1,371 people — funded by $60,000 raised in North America, including $50,000 from 25 mosques.
  2. 2017More than 90 water tankers hired across drought-hit Sool; 20 more supplied thousands around Balad Hawo, Buur Hakaba and villages near Baydhaba.
  3. 2017Rehabilitated a borehole that is a key water source for Kahda district, Mogadishu.
  4. 2018Water Solutions program launched with its first shallow well at Tuur village, Eyl — then wells in Wajid, Eyl town and Buurhakaba, dug through rock.
  5. 2019Hand-well rehabilitation near Dhuusamareeb, and the refurbished Ceel Aftogweyne well in Nugaal serving up to 1,500 people and their livestock a day.
  6. 2020Shallow well completed for displaced families in the Mudug Sare IDP camp, Galkacyo.
  7. 2021Ten tanker trucks of water delivered to Dacarta district, Maroodi-jeex — the first agency water relief there during that drought.
  8. 2024Emergency water distribution in Eyl, and the Badey well appeal — 400 families walking 6 km for water — now active.

Clean water can change the future of a community. Choose a Water Solution and follow its journey all the way to the people it serves.

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How we use funds

Your gift delivers food, clean water, healthcare and orphan care across the Horn of Africa — with almost nothing lost along the way.

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From HARO's 2025 IRS Form 990 — $1.68M of $1.73M in expenses went directly to programs, with no fundraising costs.