[14] In 2015, WaterAid launched 2015-2020 Global Strategy and its mission is to transform lives of the poorest people by improving access to sanitation, hygiene and safe water.
In 2016, by which time there were over 500 WaterAid volunteers at Glastonbury, the charity introduced Talking Toilets which gave out information voiced by celebrities such as Cerys Matthews and Brian Blessed.
[19][20] In 2012, WaterAid partnered with Waterlogic to help raise funds for the poorest communities in the world, to provide them with clean and sanitary water.
WaterAid America's office runs several fundraising campaigns, notably the COVID-19 Response and No Water on the Frontlines, an appeal for essential workers around the world.
[26][27] WaterAid works in partnership with local organisations in 34 countries in Africa, Asia, Central America and the Pacific region[28] to help poor communities establish sustainable water supplies and toilets, close to home, and to promote safe hygiene practices.
In collaboration with Unilever, the Hygiene and Behavior Change Coalition (HBCC)[29] extended its efforts to combat the Omicron and other COVID-19 variants.
[30] During Phase 1 of the project, six countries, namely Ethiopia, Ghana, Nepal, Pakistan, Tanzania, and Zambia, were chosen to receive mass handwashing facilities and hygiene essentials, benefitting a total of 152 million people.
In Phase 2, Nigeria was designated for its prior involvement in promoting hygiene behavior change concerning COVID-19, supported by the Heineken Africa Foundation.
[33] The organization spends about ZMK8-9 billion (just over £1 million) annually on projects there,[34] and have since provided 42,600 people in Zambia with access to clean, safe water.
[35] WaterAid is working with the government to help extend access to safe water, sanitation and improved hygiene for rural communities in Monze District.
[36] Hygiene education is also taking place, where villagers are taught to keep areas clean by building dish racks and rubbish pits and ensuring that there are no stagnant pools of water where mosquitoes can breed.
[34] It has been possible to stimulate real demand in the district, and this means rural water supply upgrading can take place with no subsidy for materials.
WaterAid India works closely with central, state, and local governments, individual and corporate donors, philanthropists, CSO partners, academics, and media.
WaterAid India works closely in local communities to utilise low-cost technologies to deliver sustainable water supply, sanitation and hygiene solutions to the most vulnerable.
[45] To ensure programme sustainability, WaterAid India prioritises behaviour change and collaborates with communities to assess various sanitation options, enabling informed decision-making while considering the specific needs of children, pregnant women, persons with disabilities, and the elderly in devising straightforward and durable solutions.
It has successfully collaborated with 21 organizations in Bangladesh up to now to alleviate the suffering from scarce water supply and low sanitation standards in poverty-plagued villages.
[48] With WaterAid Bangladesh rendering their help in the technical field, The Village Education Resource Centre (VERC) introduced the community-led total sanitation (CLTS) model.
In addition, the CLTS programme helps to build toilets for the local communities to facilitate them in shifting to a more hygienic lifestyle.
[52] Explaining why this works, Institute of Development Studies (University of Sussex) stated that it triggered people's pride and felt so strongly that they were highly motivated to change, i.e. building their toilets and stop open defecation.
[55] However, WaterAid does face some difficulties: almost unable to seek support and donations from companies in Bangladesh to ensure a high hygienic level.
[56] WaterCan/EauVive was established as a registered Canadian charity in 1987 by Michael Lubbock to "help the world's poorest people gain access to clean drinking water, basic sanitation and hygiene education".
[57][58] It works in 37 countries — like Bangladesh, Kenya, Nicaragua, and Uganda — by partnering with local organizations to assist the poorest and most marginalized communities.