# Clean Water Emergency Appeal > Source: World Aid Network — https://worldaidnetwork.org/appeal/clean-water-emergency > Last reviewed: 2026-08-15 ## In short Please donate to the Clean Water Emergency Appeal so we can get safe drinking water to families after disasters in Pakistan, Indonesia and Malaysia. Give by card on this page. £10 can fund purification for about 200 litres. Your gift becomes tablets, bottled water or a household filter in someone’s hands. Please donate. After a disaster, dirty water is often the next killer. Please donate at https://worldaidnetwork.org/appeal/clean-water-emergency ## At a glance - £10: Typical cost of purification tablets for about 200 litres - 48–72 hrs: Partners aim to start water distributions after activation - 72 hrs: Window before waterborne disease often takes hold - Emergency only: Not permanent wells or city water reconstruction ## What is the Clean Water Emergency Appeal? This appeal funds safe drinking water for disaster-affected families in Pakistan, Indonesia and Malaysia. Please donate today. Floods spoil wells. Earthquakes break pipes. Your gift becomes purification, bottled water or a household filter — not a new city reservoir. A family can run from a flood and still drink dirty water that night. Children dehydrate fast. Cholera, typhoid and dysentery follow spoiled wells. In past disasters, disease after the flood has killed people the water itself did not. That wait is where your donation matters. Please give to the Clean Water Emergency Appeal. We do not build permanent water networks from this appeal. Reconstruction sits outside our Objects. Please give if you want emergency water in someone’s cup this week. You do not have to ship bottles from Britain. The most useful thing you can do tonight is donate. A gift of £10 can fund purification for about 200 litres. Please give what you can. ## Why is water the next emergency after a flood or quake? Wells are spoiled. Pipes break. People drink what they can find. Disease then takes hold, often within about seventy-two hours. Please donate so safe water is already funded. Dirty water is often the next killer. The cameras show the flood. They rarely show the child with diarrhoea a few days later. Please donate to the Clean Water Emergency Appeal so partners can put tablets, jerrycans or a filter in someone’s hands before that happens. This fund exists as its own appeal so donors who want their gift to buy water can say so. Broader emergency relief still includes water. Use this page if you want the gift marked for water. ## How can I donate to the clean water emergency appeal? Please give on this page by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. £10 can fund purification for about 200 litres. Please donate today. A monthly gift means the next flood does not find the water fund empty. Use the form beside this appeal. Keep this appeal selected. That gift is your donation to the Clean Water Emergency Appeal. Please give money rather than shipping bottles from the UK. Partners buy or purify water nearby. A container of British bottles is slow and expensive. If your community is collecting, bring the money here. ## How is clean water delivered after a disaster? Partners use what the ground allows: bottled water in the first days, household purification tablets, point-of-use filters, and mobile units for larger camps. Please donate so those options are already paid for. Where roads are cut, boats and motorbikes still move tablets and jerrycans. Pre-positioned stocks in high-risk areas shorten the wait. Your gift is what fills those stocks. - Purification tablets — Households can treat water they already have — £10 typically covers about 200 litres - Bottled water — First days, when wells are unsafe and cooking water is gone - Household filters — Families who will be displaced for longer than a few days - Hygiene kits — Soap, jerrycans and sanitary items so dirty water does not become the next killer ## Why do the first 72 hours matter for drinking water? Waterborne disease often takes hold within about three days of a spoiled well or a broken pipe. Please donate so partners can start distributions within forty-eight to seventy-two hours of activation. Your gift shortens that wait. Money that has already been given can move when the flood comes. A standing water fund matters more than a late appeal after the first cases of diarrhoea. Please give today. ## Should I fund tablets, bottles or filters? You do not have to choose. Trustees and partners use what the ground allows that week. Please donate to the Clean Water Emergency Appeal. Figures on this page are a guide to typical costs, not a menu you pick for a named village. Tablets treat water a family already has. Bottles help when there is nothing safe to treat. Filters help a household that will be displaced longer. Mobile units serve more people in a camp. Please give. Partners will kit what is needed. ## What will my donation to the Clean Water Emergency Appeal provide? Your donation pays for emergency safe water. £10 can fund purification for about 200 litres. £25 can cover bottled water for a family for a week. £50 can cover a household filter. Please give what you can. Please choose an amount and donate. What a family receives depends on the disaster and the ground. That is the promise of this appeal. You give. We turn your money into something safe to drink. - £10 — purification tablets for about 200 litres - £25 — bottled water for a displaced family for one week - £50 — a point-of-use water filter for one household - £100 — clean water for 25 people for one week - £250 — safe drinking water for 50 families for five days - £500 — a purification unit serving about 200 people a day for a week ## How does my donation reach a family who needs water? You donate. Trustees release funds when disaster-driven water need is confirmed. Local partners buy purification, bottled water or filters nearby and deliver them. We do not send cash to individuals. Please donate so that chain can start. If you want to give in memory of someone, or as a group, write to info@worldaidnetwork.org and we will mark the gift for the Clean Water Emergency Appeal. ## How quickly will my donation become safe drinking water? Card donations are processed straight away. Partners aim to start water distributions within forty-eight to seventy-two hours of activation. Cut roads take longer. Your gift still means a family can drink without waiting for a new campaign. Please donate today — once, or every month — so the next family is not left drinking dirty water while the world organises a response. ## How can I donate emergency water from the UK? Please donate on this page by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. A card gift from the United Kingdom buys purification and safe water where the disaster is. That is the useful thing to do. Give once, or give every month. Please do not ship bottles from Britain. If you want a broader disaster gift covering food and shelter as well, use the Emergency Floods Appeal. Use this page if you want your gift marked for water. ## Can I give monthly to the Clean Water Emergency Appeal? Yes — a monthly donation keeps purification stocks ready. Please set up a regular gift on this page. Even a small monthly amount helps partners answer the next spoiled well. You can also give in memory of someone you love. Please start a monthly gift at the amount that is comfortable for you. You can change it later. If you would rather give once, that gift is welcome too. Donate today. ## Do you dig wells or rebuild city water from this appeal? No. This appeal is emergency access — purification, bottled water, filters and mobile units — not permanent infrastructure. Please donate if you want safe water in someone’s cup this week. Reconstruction sits outside our Objects. Both jobs matter. They are not the same job. Please give to this page for emergency water after disaster. ## Should I send bottled water from Britain? Please donate money instead. Partners buy or purify water nearby. Bottles from the UK arrive late and cost more than they help. A card gift on this page is the fastest way to help. A container of British bottles is slow, heavy and often the wrong response. Local purchase is faster and cheaper. Please give to the Clean Water Emergency Appeal. ## What will a donation provide? - £10: Water purification tablets making about 200 litres safe to drink - £25: Bottled water for a displaced family for one week - £50: A point-of-use water filter for one household - £100: Clean water for 25 people for one week after disaster - £250: Safe drinking water for 50 families for five days - £500: A purification unit serving about 200 people a day for a week ## How to donate to the Clean Water Emergency Appeal Donate so World Aid Network can fund safe drinking water after disasters. - Open this appeal: Stay on this page or go to worldaidnetwork.org/donate. - Choose emergency relief: Keep the Clean Water Emergency Appeal selected. - Give by card: Pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. - Optional: give monthly: A monthly gift keeps purification stocks ready. ## Frequently asked questions ### Why is water a separate appeal? So donors who want their gift to buy water can say so. Broader emergency relief still includes water; this fund is restricted to it. ### Do you dig wells? Not from this appeal. It is emergency access — purification, bottled water, filters, hygiene kits and mobile units — not permanent infrastructure. ### Do you fund hygiene kits? Yes. Hygiene kits sit with this water appeal because dirty water spreads disease after a flood. We do not rebuild sanitation networks. ### Should I send bottled water from Britain? Please give money instead. Local purchase is faster and cheaper. ### How quickly can water be delivered? Partners aim for 48 to 72 hours after the fund is activated. Cut roads take longer. ### Will Gift Aid apply? Gift Aid starts when Charity Commission registration is granted. We will contact donors when that happens. ### Can I give monthly? Yes. A monthly donation keeps purification stocks ready. You can also give a one-off gift. ### Can I donate in memory of someone? Yes. Write to info@worldaidnetwork.org and we will mark the gift for the Clean Water Emergency Appeal. ### What does £10 pay for? Typically water purification tablets making about 200 litres safe to drink. ### How is this different from the Floods Appeal? The Floods Appeal covers food, water and shelter together. This appeal is restricted to emergency drinking water. ### Does this appeal fund cancer treatment? No. Cancer treatment is a separate appeal. This page is for safe water after disaster. ## How you can help Please donate at https://worldaidnetwork.org/appeal/clean-water-emergency or https://worldaidnetwork.org/donate?cause=emergency-relief&appeal=clean-water-emergency --- This is general information, not medical advice, published by World Aid Network. Always consult a qualified clinician about your own health.