Where your dollar goes: repairing wells in Malawi
Why repair wells instead of drilling new ones?
Across rural Malawi, 35–40% of installed handpumps are broken at any moment. The wells exist; they just don't work. Repairing one costs a small fraction of drilling one — which is why $1 given to Clean Water Climb provides clean water for 1.5 people for up to 5 years.
Who does the work?
Child Legacy International's Malawian repair teams, working year-round from their solar-powered campus. Since 2008 they've restored more than 5,300 pumps — every repair free to the community. Clean Water Climb has funded 4,200+ of those repairs with $5.2M raised by climbers and donors since 2011.
What changes when a well flows again?
Waterborne disease drops. And the hours women and girls spent hauling water long distances come back — for school, for income, for their households. When a repair team finishes, the village's women often sing and dance at the well. Most of us have never once celebrated our kitchen tap.
How to help
- Give — every 2026 dollar matched up to our first $100,000.
- Join a 2027 climb — and stand at a well your fundraising repaired.
- See the impact dashboard — updated automatically.
All donations tax-deductible · EIN 93-4081451.