Water for All/Great Britain

Water for All is a non-profit organisation, set-up by Atlas Copco personnel in Sweden during 1984. Today we have more than 1000 members all over the world supporting different projects around the globe. All projects aims for giving people in big need access to clean drinking water. We have local Water for All organisations in a number of countries in the world. Our members are most of all employees of the Atlas Copco group and make monthly contribution direct via their salary. Former employees as well as other persons can support us economically through annual membership. We also have some companies supporting us, and among them Atlas Copco that matches the contribution made by its employees.

All work in the organization is made voluntary. Our objective is to ”help people to help themselves” and we act under the slogan: “Clean drinking water is a basic human right”. We prefer the use of as simple techniques as possible, most of all hand pumps and protection of natural springs.

We do not make any practical work out in the field ourselves and we have no employees. All practical work is instead handled by the co-operator we have chosen to work together with in that specific project. The local people in the communities, getting access to the potable water, must also take part in the project before any practical work can begin and owns the water point from the beginning. This means that the installation has a much greater chance for a long-term functionality.

To get in contact or to put some questions to us, please send us a mail:

info@water4all.org