Water, light and learning at the end of the road
AASHA India works through local leaders to bring clean water, solar light, schools and health care to remote tribal villages in India that no one else reaches.
- 13clean water projects finished in the first half of 2026
- 25+new bore wells planned every year
- $12brings clean water to one family
- 100%of your gift goes to the area you choose
When the river runs dry
For more than half the year these villages depend on riverbeds that dry up in summer. There are no roads, no electricity and no school within reach. Many can only be reached on foot, by two-wheeler or by tractor.
Children grow up without learning to read. After dark, the villages are completely black.
“We can go a few days without food. We cannot go without water.”A village mother, in summer
How a village changes
The same four steps, village after village. Each one is led by someone from the community, so the change belongs to the people who live there.
A local leader is trained
A trusted person from the community completes a full course of training and leads every project that follows.
Clean water arrives
A bore well, solar pump, storage tank and taps in the village, with purification where the water needs it.
Light after dark
Solar street lights make the village safe at night, many for the very first time.
Children learn, families are cared for
A school with a teacher and a daily meal, and health camps with doctors, eye and dental care.
The people we serve
They live in quiet, beautiful villages, in families that are warm, resilient and full of life. Many of these villages are so remote that clean water, light, schools and health care have not yet reached them, and there are many more like them.
What a gift builds
Every project is carried out by a trusted local leader. Choose one to give toward, or give where it is needed most.
Leaders training
A full course of training for a local leader who will guide and serve the community. $25,000 trains a class of 25.
$1,000per leaderGive toward training
A bore well
A bore well, storage tank and solar-powered pump that give a village a dependable water source.
$4,000one villageGive toward a well
A water purification system
Makes water safe to drink for up to 500 families, protecting them from waterborne illness.
$6,000up to 500 familiesGive toward clean water
A school
A teacher, a daily meal and supplies. After the first year, $500 a month keeps the school running.
$9,000the first yearGive toward a school
A community center
A permanent gathering place, with its land, at the center of the villages it serves.
$15,000land and buildingGive toward a center
Your gift, accounted for
Our promise is simple: your gift goes where you send it, and you will see what it did.
To the area you choose
100% of a gift for water goes to water. You decide where it goes.
Led locally
Trained community leaders run every project, so the work lasts after we leave.
Reported back
Partners receive project reports and field updates, with photos from each site.
Tax-deductible
AASHA India is a US 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Every gift gets an email receipt.
Your gift reaches the last village
Choose where your gift goes and how often. You get an email receipt right away and a giving statement each January.
- $12 brings clean water to one family.
- Monthly gifts let local leaders plan the next well and the next school.
- Gifts are tax-deductible as the law allows.
Give securely
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Partner with us
Churches, businesses, families and foundations partner with us for the long term. Partners receive full project reports and field updates.
To protect the communities and leaders we serve, we review each request personally. Tell us a little about yourself and we will be in touch.