THE CLEAN WATER FOUNDATION INC
Wheels and Wells for Africa
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Well Boring
Creating boreholes for deep water wells to provide a permanent source of clean, pure water to an entire village.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of training programs created
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups, Extremely poor people, People of African descent, Unemployed people
Related Program
Well Boring
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Programs teach avoidance of contamination of pure water; maintenance and repair of the borehole, pump systems, and solar arrays; and administration of finances allocated to future maintenance.
Number of trainees successfully carrying out desired practices at least once to appropriate problems
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Families, Non-adult children, Parents, Widows and widowers
Related Program
Well Boring
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of individuals completing apprenticeship
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups, People of African descent, Extremely poor people, Unemployed people
Related Program
Well Boring
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
7 young men are trained to use the tools purchased with the well for maintenance and repair. A group is trained to teach villagers water safety & hygiene when carrying pure water from the pump.
Estimated number of new funding sources secured for the sector
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups, People of African descent, Extremely poor people, Unemployed people
Related Program
Well Boring
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Although number of new donors has diminished, the frequency and amounts contributed by existing and new donors has increased, allowing decreased time needed for collection of funds between projects.
Number of training workshops
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Age groups
Related Program
Well Boring
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
For each borehole, we we pay the drilling company to train at least 5 young men how to service, repair, and maintain the borehole, pipe, and pump. We also supply a full set of tools from the factory.
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
We will provide as many bicycles and drill as many boreholes as we can raise money for. The need is almost endless, and we can scale up our production in direct proportion to the funds we are able to raise.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We are using direct mail, application for grants, social media, and reaching out to the general public for monetary assistance.
We are exploring new avenues for revenue production, and will also seek crowd sourcing help for our projects.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We have a social media friends list of over 1000, and a mailing list of over 500. We are capable of reaching all of these individuals by personal contact.
Since each project stands on its own, as funds are received which cover the cost of either a borehole or a bike purchase, the project is undertaken and quickly completed. We have a long term team of volunteers in Uganda, who help with many local details and who work at no cost to the Foundation. Our Foundation has a primary goal of putting at least 95% of collected funds directly into our projects. So far, although we are working on a small scale, our non project expenses (State corporate fees, government fees, etc,) have been less than 1% of revenue, and over 99% of collections either buys bikes or drills wells.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Progress
Our successful borehole project now brings water to two villages .
Disapppointment
After 3 dry holes were dug in our last attempt, we were forced to abandon the project in that particular village, as after boring over 600 meters with no practical return of water it was determined that village was not a site which would be able to sustain a water producing borehole.
We are now identifying the next village for our borehole project.
We have given away many bikes, but there is no end to the need. There is no disappointment here, other than the frustration of wanting to do more than our immediate funding will allow, and not being able to do our work on a much faster timetable that more funding will permit.
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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THE CLEAN WATER FOUNDATION INC
Board of directorsas of 12/25/2022
Mr. Clifford Steele
Halley Morochnik
Jason Steele
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
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CEO oversight
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Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Not applicable -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Not applicable -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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