Bringing clean water to 13,000 people in Vietnam Photo Gallery

School Children Enjoying Fresh Water

Children in a rural village in Vietnam now enjoy clean water piped directly to their households through a water village system built by EMW. EMW has built over 90 such water systems in Vietnam, bringing clean water to over 100,000 people.

Easing the Day's Chores

A rural resident enjoys clean water for the first time in her life thanks to a water system built by EMW.

Cooling Off

A small resident taking a refreshing shower using a water system built by EMW.

Big Smiles All Around

Diseases resulting from lack of clean water is the leading cause of death in children under five. Access to clean water has huge health, social, and economic benefits. This is especially true for girls and women who share the biggest burden of fetching clean water from external sources, preventing them from pursuing education and job opportunities.

Keeping Clean and Safe

Promoting good sanitation habits such as frequent handwashing with soap will help to significantly reduce the incidence of diarrhea, a water-related disease that kills an estimated 2.2 million people per year worldwide, most of them children under five.

Team Work

Every EMW Village Safe Water system starts with total buy-in from the communities served, confirmed by a signature on an agreement describing financial and other responsibilities for building and operating the water system.Once the community is fully informed and engaged, the work begins. Here, villagers dig the trench for the main water pipe.

Capacity-Building

EMW provides continuing education to stakeholders by holding periodic workshops to learn about effective and efficient strategies on water system management. Particpants come from all levels of government, local community members, and partner NGOs.