Well Deserved is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. In Africa, we work with a nonprofit and the current infrastructure to build wells in underserved villages in Zambia/Zimbabwe.

Wells ensure that the children (and their families) have access to clean drinking water, better hygiene, nutrition, and sanitation.

The wells impact the lives of girls and women the most, as it’s the female children or their mothers, who are sent to collect the water, a 10k walk! For the girls, by the time they return, they are either too tired for homework, have missed school completely, or the trek was fraught with wild animals or unsavory characters and for the moms they have spent half their day collecting water. 

So these wells are crucial. They keep the girls safe and educated giving them the tools for a productive, employable future. As well as instrumental in freeing up the women who are then able to start and run small businesses, enabling them to contribute income to the family. The businesses range from making and selling baskets and mats (using plastic bags that litter the area) to raising and selling goats.