Community assessment
We consult villagers, identify their water needs and choose sites together.
Water · Sanitation · Hygiene
Local Initiatives
Our WASH programme brings safe, year-round drinking water to water-deficient villages through community bore wells, built with the people who will use them.
The daily struggle
Clean water should not be a day's work.
In the remote valleys of District Shigar, Gilgit-Baltistan, getting clean drinking water is a daily struggle. Mountainous terrain, scattered settlements, seasonal shortages and a changing climate mean many families rely on unsafe or unreliable sources. Women and children often spend hours each day fetching water — time taken from school, work and rest — and unsafe water puts their health at risk.
Our interventions
Bore well development
We drill the bore and install the infrastructure and water supply system.
Water quality testing
We test every source to confirm it is safe for household use.
Community ownership
Villagers take part from the start and share responsibility for looking after the water point.
Follow-up support
We make monitoring visits and provide technical help where needed.
Our work so far
Seven villages already have safe water.
Funded by individual sponsors, we have completed bore wells in seven villages. These projects have made safe water easier to reach — and they show that community-led water solutions work in remote mountain settings.
- Kharmanpi Das
- Khurid
- Khurid Gapkhur
- Changchupi
- Matulo
- Bundo
- Churka
What's next
Seven more villages are waiting.
Funding is the only thing holding these projects back.
- Thukhmo Churka
- Thukhmo Gonkhor Churka
- Ali Abad Churkha
- Mundu Khor Suguldo
- Pharing Bangma
- Chandupa Wazirpur
- Khojapi Khor Wazirpur
Be part of it.
One bore well costs about PKR 900,000–1,000,000 for development and installation (excluding diesel and staffing costs). That single contribution can give a whole village clean water, better health and more time for children's education and women's livelihoods. You can fund one well, several villages, or help expand the programme.
Partner with us — together, we can bring safe water closer to every home in the mountains of Baltistan.
Fund a bore well