Delivering sustainable Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programs
Water-Share is an alliance of water sector stakeholders collaborating with GOAL to deliver sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programs to vulnerable communities in developing countries. WASH programs are vital for the well-being of communities across the globe. Everyone needs clean, safe water for drinking, cooking and washing.
This strategic collaboration incorporates funding, technical resources and expertise.
Why Water-Share?
Water-Share members are helping to amplify GOAL's WASH programming in the world's most vulnerable communities. By tapping into the talent, commitment and generosity of their employees ethically conscious companies are helping to transform thousands of lives every day.
The problem in numbers
Every 2 minutes
a child dies from a preventable diarrhoea-related disease
2 billion
people lack access to safe drinking water
3.6 billion
people lack access to safe sanitation
494 million
people are forced to practice open defecation
Want to get involved?
Water-Share is seeking new members from the public and private sectors to reach more families with life-saving support. In 2023 we hope to raise an additional $60,000 to improve access to water and sanitation services in the world's most vulnerable communities.
Membership options
Water-Share Patron: Commitment to annual funding of $5,000, which can include services in kind on projects (staff input, materials, research, or secretariat facilities). Each patron is invited to nominate one member to the Water-Share Steering Committee.
Water-Share Supporter: Commitment to annual funding of $1,000 with staff afforded full opportunity to engage in the work where the opportunity is identified.
Please contact Ed today to find out how your company can help transform lives in the world's most vulnerable communities.#
Ed Kenneyekenney@us.goal.ie+1 914 414 7686
Niall Gleeson, CEO, Uisce Eireann, Barry O'Connell, Chairman, GOAL, Siobhan Walsh, CEO, GOAL and Jerry Grant, Chairman, Water-Share Ireland
The success of Water-Share projects benefits thousands of people every day. Together, we are improving water quality, providing access to safe water and sanitation solutions for so many vulnerable communities in the developing world.
This meaningful engagement with Water-Share companies not only offers your employees an opportunity to help GOAL deliver essential WASH programs to people in need, but members also experience a tangible confluence between their businesses and GOAL's development work. This can fulfil CSR objectives and can help enrich colleagues' work experiences. Together, we are working in alliance to deliver on UN Sustainable Development Goal 6, Clean Water and Sanitation for all.
Water-Share contributes to the work of GOAL through a Memorandum of Understanding, whereby funds from sector members are transmitted directly to GOAL and accounted for as a separate funding stream. The Water-Share Committee notes and approves allocations of funding to projects and receives and responds to requests for support. Sector companies can make meaningful contributions to the projects and involve staff where there is a good skill-set overlap. This sector has a shared commitment to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) benefits in their values and purpose. Water-Share gives meaningful expression to those values.
