WaterCan is a leading Canadian charity dedicated to fighting global poverty by helping the world’s poorest people gain access to clean water, basic sanitation and hygiene education, and encourages Canadians to lend support.
Since 1987, WaterCan’s programs have reached over one million children, women and men in the world’s poorest regions, breaking the cycle of poverty and disease and increasing opportunities for health, education, gender equality, and economic growth.
WaterCan supporters, Hydro Heroes, invite you to participate in two day charity bike ride starting July 11th in Toronto.
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1.8 million children die each year of water and sanitation related diseases. In 2009, help us bring clean water and hope for a brighter future to 43,000 east African schoolchildren. The need is so great. Water is the start.
Collega for Aveda unveiled their Earth Month fundraising total before a packed audience at WaterCan's Annual General Meeting and Awards Ceremony. Read More or View Video
A young pupil at St. Paul Buloba Primary School in Wakiso District, Uganda shares, in her own words, the joy brought by the school's new WaterCan-funded latrine facilities.
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The three year partnership, valued at 2.11 million dollars, will support community-based water supply and sanitation project to benefit more than 40,000 people living in eastern Africa. Read More
