The Cause

To build a basic water filtration plant in a remote area of Pakistan, South East Punjab.

The need

The statistics are devastating. 16 million people in Pakistan don’t have access to safe water, whilst 68 million people don’t have access to adequate sanitation in Pakistan. 

Water is life but when water is unsafe, it can kill. 

At least 40,000 children die every year from diarrhoea caused by unsafe water in the country. Water-borne diseases and illnesses are also wide spread.

In South East Punjab there are currently a few options that people face with water:

1) Those who can afford it (extremely limited in number), buy bottled water.

2) Use hand pump (more often than not these are built without any water testing, meaning the water people drink may be harmful).

3) People have electric motors in their homes which pumps water from the ground but this is still unsafe to drink.

The Solution

To counter the current situation, we have decided to build a basic water filtration plant in the area which will be the first and only plant within the local area. It will be accessible to local villages surrounding the area as well as the population in the local vicinity.

The plant will help to provide clean and safe drinking water, as well as improved conditions for sanitation and hygiene. This will help to decrease the incidence of many common diseases including bacterial diarrhoea, hepatitis and typhoid fever.

The running of the plant will cost around 10,000 Pakistani rupees every month. The cost of this and any other maintenance has kindly been covered by a sponsor.

For the people living in the area and surrounding areas the implementation of this project will not only brings the local communities immediate FREE access to clean water, but also self-sufficiency in water sanitation for years to come. Inshallah this project will mean a lifeline to the people who continually to suffer from waterborne diseases and have to continually seek expensive medical care, when families are not riddled by illness, children are able to attain previously unimaginable goals.. 

So, How You Can Help?

Fatehullah (my twin brother) and I have decided to help build a water filtration plant close to our village in Pakistan as sadaqah jariyah for our maternal grandfather who passed away earlier on this year. In this blessed month where rewards are multiplied, please do what you can support, small or big, it is all greatly appreciated (even if you just share the page), but most importantly your prayers are needed for the success of the project. 

As far as we know there are no major NGOs working in the area, hence will be crowdfunding and delivering the project ourselves. If a charitable organisation would like to support please do get in contact.

Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said: “The best charity is giving water to drink” and he was the most generous in giving charity. (as narrated in Ahmad)

Please consider giving and help provide clean water.