International Women’s Day: Advela’s Story
This International Women's Day, witness how solving a critical math problem of time and water scarcity gave Advela and her family a timeless gift of empowerment and freedom
It’s About Time
With every rainwater system we install, we're not just offering clean water; we're returning time, freedom, and possibilities to women and girls.
3 THINGS WE LOVE AT SAVE THE RAIN
All the things we are loving at Save the Rain: Full rain tanks, new partnerships and lending cooperatives.
CHANGE RIPPLES FROM SCHOOLS
Meet the Kimandafu Primary School children, who are healthier and attending more school because of access to clean water. This is how communities transform.
HOW WATER UPLIFTS EVERYONE
When the walk for water doesn’t enslave women, they can turn their capacity into extraordinary things. Where days are not swallowed by scarcity, they are now filled by fulfilling pursuits.
‘Family built by sweat, labor and love’
The women of the King'ori Group choose laborers from each village to assist them to build rainwater harvesting systems to bring clean water to new communities.
SOPHIE’S CRAFT KEEPS GIVING
Sophie makes Save the Rain products. She has built a business training at-risk women to sew. Her beautiful products give back three times over.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SAVE THE RAIN!
Save the Rain is celebrating 16 years of clean water, food security, gender equity and healthy communities.
‘My Mother’s My Hero’
If the walk for water takes you away from your kids up to ten hours a day, clean water at home lets you be the mother you want to be.
THE PATH OF THE HERD
Walk in the footsteps of a girl who followed elephants to find a new home. On this journey, she learns the importance of trees and the choices of her people.
MEET LAZARO’S FAMILY
Save the Rain built Lazaro's family a rainwater harvesting tank. They now listen for rain and count their blessings with every drop.
MEET TANZANIA’S FUTURE PRESIDENT
Rose was the first child in her family who never had to walk for water. Rose has big plans for her future, for her family and for her country.
SOIL AGES, JUST LIKE A PERSON
Eliaremisa never went to school, but she knows things far older than schools. She remembered when there were trees, shade and room. Now the earth can’t breathe.