We are a not-for-profit organization working across East Africa. Our focus is on ensuring schools, medical clinics and remote communities have access to safe, clean drinking water and sanitation facilities.
In November 2007, Pete and Sharon Crean were living in Sydney, Australia. They were presented with the fact that one billion people don’t have access to safe, clean drinking water and another two billion people don’t have the use of a toilet. They gathered a team of volunteers who were enthusiastic about acting to alleviate poverty in East Africa, and BeyondWater was established.
In 2012 they moved to Nairobi, Kenya to build a team of nationals who they would work alongside them to expand the work further. Slowly, a team was built and the work expanded even further.
Boards were established in Kenya and New Zealand, in addition to the one in Australia.
In 2021, Mary Mwikali took the lead role of East Africa Director.
2023 saw a Board of Directors and a 503(c) founded in the USA.
Our key focus areas are schools, medical clinics, and remote communities across 7 countries in East Africa – Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Ethiopia and the DRC.
We work alongside community groups who already have proven themselves on making an impact in their local area. The needs are identified and together we work on simple, effective solutions. Locals are employed in labour, catering, goods are sourced from businesses in the area – all contributing to creating self sustaining communities.
BeyondWater operates as a Global Development Group approved tax deductible aid and development project. BeyondWater is proud to be a partner of Global Development Group (ABN 57 102 400 993); an Australian non-government organisation carrying out humanitarian projects with approved partners and providing aid to relieve poverty and provide long term solutions through the provision of quality aid and development projects. Global Development Group takes ownership of the project according to AusAID rules, providing a governance role and assisting in the areas of planning, monitoring, evaluating and auditing to ensure that the projects are carried out to Australian requirements. Tax deductible receipts for donations to this approved aid and development project will be issued by Global Development Group to Project J380 BeyondWater. For more information about Global Development Group, visit http://www.globaldevelopment.org.au
