Looking back at 2024: A note from our executive director
In Tanzania, rainwater tanks break the cycle of "vumilia"—suffering in silence—by uniting communities with clean water and hope.
We are so grateful for YOU!
Gratitude, like rain, flows freely. Your generosity helps us catch Nature's gift, bringing clean water and hope to families and future generations.
How 30 Seconds and the WASH Curriculum Save Lives
Facing the Global Water Crisis: 2.2 billion people lack access to safe drinking water. Learn how we fight water scarcity with sustainable rainwater harvesting.
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.
CELEBRATING FATHERHOOD
For these fathers, Save the Rain is more than a job. They see all Tanzanian children as their own and work tirelessly to provide opportunities for them.