Relate Water brings safe, readily available water and life-changing opportunities to rural South African villages.

Untap potential

Millions of South Africans lack access to clean, running water

We have a radical and solvable water crisis on our hands.

It’s simply unimaginable today that women and their children are walking kilometres to collect water from unsafe, polluted sources. The health and social issues they face are devastating. Even more so, is that they’re entirely preventable.

Relate Water raises funds to bring clean, life-changing water and opportunities to rural South African villages.

How it works

Relate Water’s on-the-ground implementation partner is Innovation: Africa, South Africa - a globally renowned non-profit organisation that brings solar, water and agricultural technologies to rural South African villages. Since 2018, They have delivered clean water access to over 700 000 people across the country.

A multiplier effect of opportunity and hope

Imagine the opportunities this will create for women who no longer have to spend hours each day searching for water. For children who no longer have to miss school. For people no longer plagued by avoidable illnesses. 

Clean, running water is just the start.

Here's how you can help

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Make a direct contribution

Connect Your People

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Become a Water Hero

Corporate Sponsorship

Adopt a Village

Sole Sponsorship

A unique impact model

Relate Water is a division of the Relate Trust, a globally recognised non-profit

Our funding solutions align with Relate’s renowned impact model: directly contributing towards solar-powered water systems while creating social upliftment and jobs for the villages we support. 

Create a brand legacy that matters

Help end SA’s water crisis with a simple, complete solution

Partner with an established, globally recognised NGO

Enhance customer perception of your brand and its desirability

Instill employee pride, conviction and internal brand loyalty

Witness your impact by attending a turning on the taps ceremony

Zero maintenance fees: once the water system is set up, it runs for life

Water news & inspiration

Turning on the taps in Nomu Wa Huku Village

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