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A tap for Lhakar
Pipe spring water 2.4 km down to a village of 61 homes.
$41,350raised of $64,000
65% funded508 donorsEnds 30 Nov 2026
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Every gift to this appeal is spent on this appeal. You get a receipt by email.
Women in Lhakar walk ninety minutes a day for water. A gravity-fed line and six tap stands end that walk.
What the money buys
- 2.4 km of pipe and a 10,000 litre tank
- Six tap stands
- Two years of water tests
Updates from the field
- 20 Sep 2026
The spring was measured at the end of the dry season: 0.8 litres a second, enough for 61 homes.
- 12 Aug 2026
Lhakar's water committee was elected, four women and three men.
Clean water
A tap for Lhakar
Pipe spring water 2.4 km down to a village of 61 homes.
$41,350raised of $64,000
65% funded508 donorsEnds 30 Nov 2026
Choose an amount
Every gift to this appeal is spent on this appeal. You get a receipt by email.
Women in Lhakar walk ninety minutes a day for water. A gravity-fed line and six tap stands end that walk.
What the money buys
- 2.4 km of pipe and a 10,000 litre tank
- Six tap stands
- Two years of water tests
Updates from the field
- 20 Sep 2026
The spring was measured at the end of the dry season: 0.8 litres a second, enough for 61 homes.
- 12 Aug 2026
Lhakar's water committee was elected, four women and three men.
Clean water
A tap for Lhakar
Pipe spring water 2.4 km down to a village of 61 homes.
$41,350raised of $64,000
65% funded508 donorsEnds 30 Nov 2026
Choose an amount
Every gift to this appeal is spent on this appeal. You get a receipt by email.
Women in Lhakar walk ninety minutes a day for water. A gravity-fed line and six tap stands end that walk.
What the money buys
- 2.4 km of pipe and a 10,000 litre tank
- Six tap stands
- Two years of water tests
Updates from the field
- 20 Sep 2026
The spring was measured at the end of the dry season: 0.8 litres a second, enough for 61 homes.
- 12 Aug 2026
Lhakar's water committee was elected, four women and three men.
Questions
Before you give.
Something else? Write to hello@wellspring.foundation. A person answers within two working days.
91 cents of every dollar goes to work in the villages. 6 cents raise the next dollar and 3 cents run the office. The split is audited each year and published in the annual report.
Where money goesYes. Pick an appeal or a program when you donate and your gift is spent there. If an appeal is already fully funded we ask before moving your gift.
GivingWellspring is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Gifts from US donors are deductible to the extent the law allows.
Tax & receiptsA receipt is emailed as soon as your gift goes through. Monthly donors get one summary each January.
Tax & receiptsAny time, from the link in your receipt or by writing to us. There is no notice period.
GivingVillage councils apply. We visit, agree what the village will contribute in labour and upkeep, and start only when a local committee is in place.
Where money goesWe go back. Every solar kit, tap and classroom is checked each spring and the results are published by village.
Where money goesYes. Pack days run in Oakland each autumn, and we take a small number of skilled volunteers in the valleys: engineers, nurses and teachers.
Get involvedCompanies match staff gifts, sponsor an appeal or give goods at cost. Write to us and we will set it up within a week.
Get involved
Questions
Before you give.
Something else? Write to hello@wellspring.foundation. A person answers within two working days.
91 cents of every dollar goes to work in the villages. 6 cents raise the next dollar and 3 cents run the office. The split is audited each year and published in the annual report.
Where money goesYes. Pick an appeal or a program when you donate and your gift is spent there. If an appeal is already fully funded we ask before moving your gift.
GivingWellspring is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Gifts from US donors are deductible to the extent the law allows.
Tax & receiptsA receipt is emailed as soon as your gift goes through. Monthly donors get one summary each January.
Tax & receiptsAny time, from the link in your receipt or by writing to us. There is no notice period.
GivingVillage councils apply. We visit, agree what the village will contribute in labour and upkeep, and start only when a local committee is in place.
Where money goesWe go back. Every solar kit, tap and classroom is checked each spring and the results are published by village.
Where money goesYes. Pack days run in Oakland each autumn, and we take a small number of skilled volunteers in the valleys: engineers, nurses and teachers.
Get involvedCompanies match staff gifts, sponsor an appeal or give goods at cost. Write to us and we will set it up within a week.
Get involved
Questions
Before you give.
Something else? Write to hello@wellspring.foundation. A person answers within two working days.
91 cents of every dollar goes to work in the villages. 6 cents raise the next dollar and 3 cents run the office. The split is audited each year and published in the annual report.
Where money goesYes. Pick an appeal or a program when you donate and your gift is spent there. If an appeal is already fully funded we ask before moving your gift.
GivingWellspring is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Gifts from US donors are deductible to the extent the law allows.
Tax & receiptsA receipt is emailed as soon as your gift goes through. Monthly donors get one summary each January.
Tax & receiptsAny time, from the link in your receipt or by writing to us. There is no notice period.
GivingVillage councils apply. We visit, agree what the village will contribute in labour and upkeep, and start only when a local committee is in place.
Where money goesWe go back. Every solar kit, tap and classroom is checked each spring and the results are published by village.
Where money goesYes. Pack days run in Oakland each autumn, and we take a small number of skilled volunteers in the valleys: engineers, nurses and teachers.
Get involvedCompanies match staff gifts, sponsor an appeal or give goods at cost. Write to us and we will set it up within a week.
Get involved