The best way to support the work.
Monthly gifts are how we plan. They let us commit to villages a year ahead, keep our maintenance schedule funded, and answer “yes” when a community asks if we’ll be back next year.
Why monthly
A well isn't a one-time gift. The drill takes a week. The maintenance, the revisits, the spare parts, the relationships — that's a ten-year commitment. Monthly giving is the form of support that matches the shape of the work.
It also lets us do something that’s harder than it sounds: plan. When we know what’s coming in next month and the month after, we can commit to a new village a year out without crossing our fingers about the budget. We can hold a maintenance fund instead of scrambling when a pump breaks. We can hire a Ghanaian field coordinator with the confidence that we’ll still be paying them in a year.
Ready to give monthly?
Become a sustaining donor
Use our secure Donorbox form to start a monthly gift that sustains clean water projects and long-term community impact.
What your monthly gift does
$50/month — less than $2 a day.
Funds the community engagement and training phase of a new village build over the course of a year. Community engagement is the single best predictor of whether a well will still be working in five years.
$100/month — about the cost of a cup of coffee a day.
This is the level that moves the work. Ten donors at $100/month fund a full well every year, with maintenance reserves on top. If you’re in a position to give at this level, it’s the most useful thing you can do for SWP short of joining The Source.
$250/month and up.
A major sustaining commitment. Five donors at this level fund a full well every year. We stay in close touch with donors at this tier and welcome direct questions about the work.
Any amount.
The tiers above are anchors, not gates. You can give any monthly amount through DonorBox. Every dollar goes into the same pool that builds and maintains wells across our active villages.
The math
If 50 donors give $100/month — about the cost of a daily coffee — that’s $60,000 a year. Enough to fully fund ten wells, with reserves left over for maintenance. Monthly giving, sustained, is what makes the work durable.