Village Water

Name

Village Water

Legal name

Village Water Ltd

Website

https://villagewater.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Services

NAICS

Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

WASH (Water, Sanitation & Hygiene) Organizations (HLAJAKAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) (BPAGABAC), WASH & Public Health (Water, Sanitation, Hygiene) (BPADAIAG), Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) Solutions (BPAGALAI)

Keywords

• WASH programs
• Safe water access
• Sanitation services
• Hygiene education
• Rural water infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

Shrewsbury

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: One-time and recurring donations from individual supporters, including monthly giving programs and one-off contributions for specific projects like the Big Give Christmas Challenge.
2. Trusts & Foundations: Grants from charitable trusts and foundations supporting WASH projects in Zambia and Mozambique. 2025 income from this stream was £1,478,198.
3. Corporate Partnerships: Partnerships with corporations including cause-related marketing, employee giving programs, and carbon offset funding through CO2 Balance.
4. E-commerce Shop: Online shop selling ethically sourced products including Kitenge fabrics, Lefrik eco-friendly bags, Little Ndaba crochet toys, and safari-themed soft toys. Also sells virtual gifts (donations in someone's name).
5. Virtual Gifts: Donations made on behalf of someone else for specific causes like 'Keeping Girls in School' at £19, which funds clean water and menstrual health support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Village Water is a UK-registered charity that delivers Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) programs to rural communities in Zambia and Mozambique. The charity constructs and rehabilitates water points (boreholes, handpumps, solar-powered systems), builds sanitation facilities (toilets, handwashing stations), and delivers interactive hygiene education. Funding is sourced from individual donations, trusts and foundations, corporate partnerships, carbon-financed water projects, and an e-commerce shop selling ethically sourced African products and virtual gift donations.

Product overview

Village Water is a UK-registered charity (Charity No. 1117377) that operates WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) programs in rural Zambia and Mozambique. The organization delivers its mission through multiple interconnected offerings: core WASH programs providing safe water access and sanitation facilities, hygiene education initiatives, the Village Water Shop selling hand-crafted African products and virtual gift donations, carbon-reduction water projects funded through carbon offset partnerships, and trust/foundation funding partnerships. The organization does not offer a traditional software product but rather charitable programs and retail merchandise supporting its humanitarian mission.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• WASH Programs Safe water, sanitation, and hygiene programmes delivered in partnership with local communities in Zambia and Mozambique, including water point rehabilitation, borehole installation, handpump and solar-powered system construction, and sanitation facility building (toilets and handwashing stations). Delivered for marginalised rural communities, schools, and health centres.
• Hygiene Education Interactive Behaviour Change sessions teaching communities about handwashing, safe water handling, sanitation use, and disease prevention. Delivered to community members, school children, and health workers prior to and alongside infrastructure installation.
• Village Water Shop Online retail shop selling hand-crafted and ethically sourced products including Kitenge African fabrics (£6/yard), Lefrik eco-friendly bags (up to £30), Little Ndaba crochet toys, and safari-themed soft toys (£15-£25). All proceeds support WASH projects.
• Virtual Gifts Fixed-price donation products purchased on behalf of someone else for specific WASH outcomes, such as 'Keeping Girls in School' at £19, which supports clean water from a solar system at school and menstrual health support through girls' clubs and locally made pads.
• WASH Carbon Reduction Project Carbon-financed water programme that repairs and maintains water points across communities in Mozambique and Zambia, generating verified carbon credits for corporate voluntary offset buyers. Reached 1,325,586 people and repaired 3,636 water points across four provinces over 5 years.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2,063,935 people reached with safe water
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CO2 BalancecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Carbon finance partner for WASH Carbon Reduction Project. Enables corporations to voluntarily offset their energy use by funding Village Water's water point repair and maintenance projects, generating carbon credits.
• Water Can CollectivecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVillage Water is a founder member of the Water Can Collective, a consortium of five international water charities pooling knowledge and resources to reach more people with safe water, improved sanitation and good hygiene. Just a Drop is the lead charity.
• WATSAN MozambiquecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLocal implementation partner in Mozambique responsible for water point repairs and community engagement. Has repaired pumps in communities like Chissesse Village.
• ECHO ZambiacoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLocal partner in Zambia implementing WASH projects including building handwashing facilities and toilets at schools, such as in Nalolo District.
• Empowered Communities Helping Others (ECHO)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLocal partner organization in Zambia. Executive Director Mubiana Muyangwa previously worked with Village Water on monitoring and has grown into leadership of this partner organization.
• Ministry of Agriculture (Zambia/Mozambique)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment ministry supporting sustainable agriculture projects in collaboration with Village Water's integrated water and farming initiatives.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• WaterAid: Larger UK-based international WASH NGO operating in dozens of countries with significantly greater scale, brand recognition, and institutional funding access—same mission and donor base but much broader geographic and operational footprint than Village Water.
• charity: water: Large US-based non-profit funding WASH infrastructure in developing countries with a global digital fundraising operation; competes for the same donor mindshare and corporate partnerships as Village Water, though at far greater scale.
• Water for People: International WASH NGO operating across nine countries in Africa, Latin America, and Asia, with a mission and community-led delivery model closely aligned to Village Water, but at substantially larger scale.

Direct peers

• Pump Aid: UK-based WASH charity focused on sustainable water and sanitation projects in Sub-Saharan Africa (notably Malawi and Zimbabwe). Comparable in size, model, and UK-charity structure to Village Water.
• Drop in the Bucket: US-based NGO that builds boreholes and latrines in sub-Saharan African schools and communities—a closely comparable WASH delivery model and beneficiary profile to Village Water.
• WaterCan: Canadian WASH-focused charity working in East Africa on safe water, sanitation and hygiene—shares Village Water's community-led model, scale, and donor-funded operating model.
• Just a Drop: UK-registered WASH charity and lead member of the Water Can Collective, operating internationally to deliver safe water, sanitation and hygiene projects in developing countries—near-identical mission, geography, and donor base to Village Water.
• Water Wells for Africa: US-based non-profit drilling and rehabilitating water wells across sub-Saharan Africa—directly comparable mission, geography, and small-to-mid-scale charity operations.

Emerging players

• WaterCan/Eau Vive: French-led international WASH NGO active across West and Central Africa with a comparable community-driven safe water model; smaller geographic overlap with Village Water but a directly analogous charity operating model.

Others

• CO2 Balance: UK-based carbon project developer and Village Water's core partner for the WASH Carbon Reduction Project; not a competing charity but a peer in the carbon-financed WASH value chain and a key strategic relationship for Village Water's differentiated funding model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubem.youtube.com/@villagewater1
• Facebookfacebook.com/villagewater
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/village-water
• Instagraminstagram.com/villagewater
• Xx.com/villagewater

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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