Our news!
Have a look at our news stories & videos below to find out more about how our rainwater harvesting programmes are improving health, reducing poverty, building climate change resilience and freeing girls/women from water procurement...
WaterHarvest to close in 2027, our 40th Anniversary year. Although this is sad news, our anniversary feels like an appropriate milestone to bring the charity to a close and we have much to celebrate from our four decades of rainwater harvesting. Find out more here.
Our News
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WaterHarvest to close in 2027
This is an important update from the Chair of WaterHarvest’s Board of Trustees, Fiona Beukes: Like other UK charities, WaterHarvest has a Board of Trustees (the Board) who act as the governing body, with legal and financial responsibility for the charity. The Board determines strategic direction, with operational leadership of the charity delegated to the…
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Our third dugout is complete in Ghana
With the support of the local community, our new dugout in Kanjiyili completed in March 2026. Kanjiyili is a small rural village in the North-East Gonja District, home to 221 people. Its only source of water—a seasonal dugout—dries up each year around March, leaving the community without local water access for an average of four…
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Our new school tanks programme is progressing well
We are very pleased to report that by the end February 2026, we had completed two phases of our new programme – bringing much needed water to almost 4,000 pupils in five schools in the Masaka region! Many thanks to everyone who has donated towards our work in Uganda, we are really grateful for your support.
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Our Annual Review for 2024/25
We are pleased to share our latest Annual Review for April 2024 – March 2025. We report much success with our on-going rainwater harvesting programmes in Uganda, Ghana and our final programme in India. We continue to work in remote locations, where climate change greatly affects communities still lacking access to a source of clean water close to their homes or schools.…
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We complete our dugout project in Tacpuli, Ghana
In remote regions of Ghana year round streams are rare and ground water is often inaccessible, so communities collect rainwater in dugouts but these are now drying out for several months at a time due to climate change. This means villagers, especially women and young girls have to walk very long distances to find often…
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Works almost complete on our school tanks programme in Uganda!
Works have started on the final tanks in our two year programme to bring much needed water to remote schools in Uganda. By the end of July, with the support of our donors we will have built 107 eco-block rainwater roof harvesting tanks in 22 schools supporting over 10,000 pupils and staff! Our tanks generate…
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Dugout success in Sinsina,Ghana
We are so happy to share the news that following our renovation works, the dugout in Sinsina which is usually dry this time of year, is full of water! In remote regions of Ghana year round steams are rare and ground water is often inaccessible, so communities collect rainwater in dugouts but these are now…
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World Water Day 2025
The United Nations World Water Day is held each year on March 22nd to celebrate water and to inspire action to tackle the global water crisis. Access to water is a human right but 2.2 billion people still live without safely managed drinking water services, with devastating impacts for their lives and wider society. WaterHarvest…
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Our new Annual Review!
We are delighted to share our latest Annual Review for the previous financial year, April 2023 – March 2024. During the year we delivered four rainwater harvesting programmes in India. We also commenced a new programme in Uganda with our local partner ‘Masaka District Land Care Chapter’ (MADLACC) and a pilot programme in Ghana with our local partner Saha…
