Fund a Well
A single well, solar pump, and light system can transform an entire community for decades. Your gift directly funds the build that starts it all.
Water · Community · Sustainability
It all starts with clean water
Bring clean, sustainable water to a community and lives change forever. We build the systems, a well, solar power, and light that shines day and night, that let a community take root and flourish. Serving Haiti since 1997.
1997
Serving since
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Solar + battery life
24/7
Light, day & night
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Lives changed
Our Mission
It all starts with water
“Like a beacon on a hill, we provide the systems that sustain a community.”
Clean water, changed lives
T.O.U.C.H. Haiti began in 1997 as a heartfelt response to the needs of the Haitian community. Over the years we learned a simple truth: nearly everything a community needs to thrive begins with clean, reliable water.
It all starts with water. When a family no longer has to walk miles for a drink, everything changes, health improves, children stay in school, and the time once spent surviving can be spent building. So we start by digging a well and bringing clean water to the surface.
We believe we are called to be a beacon on a hill, light and life in the places that need it most. The systems we build are meant to outlast us, sustaining communities and reflecting the hope and dignity God intends for every person.
Built to last, owned locally
Our Philosophy
We don't just drill and leave
A well is only the beginning. Once clean water flows, people build around it and the community grows. That's when we come alongside them again, teaching them to maintain their solar pump and to expand the water system on their own.
We expand into homes using fast-growing, sustainable bamboo. We provide the shoots and teach families how to grow it, so the very material that pipes water indoors also builds walls and roofs that are easy to repair.
This is empowerment, not dependency. Every person is created in God's image with the talent to build a better future. Our role is to equip them, then watch it snowball, one well, one home, one community at a time.
How It Works
From a single well, a community rises
Lasting transformation, built one sustainable system at a time.
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It starts with water
We begin by digging a well, reaching the clean, safe water beneath a community that has gone without it. Clean water is the foundation everything else is built on.
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Solar-powered, built to last
We install a solar-powered pump backed by a 20-year battery, so the water keeps flowing for decades, with no fuel, no grid power, and no recurring cost.
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A beacon on a hill
A light system keeps the well completely lit day and night, so everyone can safely reach it at any hour, a literal beacon at the center of the community.
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A community takes root
With reliable water and light, people build around the well. Homes, gathering places, and daily life grow up around this new center of the community.
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We return to teach
As the community grows, we come back alongside them, teaching families to maintain their pump and expand the water system themselves, so they own it for good.
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Bamboo piping to every home
We provide bamboo shoots and teach families to grow them. Fast-growing and sustainable, bamboo becomes the piping that carries water indoors, often within a single year.
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Homes, and beyond
That same bamboo builds homes with walls and roofs that are simple to repair. From one well, a thriving, self-sustaining community grows, and it snowballs from there.
Our Impact
From one well, a wave of change
Clean water is where it starts, but it's never where it ends.
A single well becomes a gathering place, then homes, then a community that can sustain and repair itself long after our work is done. The seeds we plant keep growing on their own.
Because the systems are solar-powered and locally maintained, the impact compounds year after year. Families reclaim their time, children grow up healthy, and communities gain the confidence to keep building, this is how change snowballs.
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Off-grid power
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Water + light
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Locally maintained
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Well to start it all
Get Involved
Be part of the change
Your support brings clean water, light, and lasting hope to a community. Here's how you can help.
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Share Your Skills
Well drillers, solar and electrical pros, agricultural experts, and builders: your expertise helps us build systems that last and train communities to own them.
From short trips to long-term partnerships, there's a place for you in this work.
Provide Materials
Donate the building blocks: solar pumps, 20-year batteries, light systems, bamboo shoots, and tools, or partner with us to supply them at scale.
Prayer & Partnership
We believe this work is a calling. Lift up the communities we serve and partner with us in prayer as we strive to be a beacon on a hill.
Connect With Us
Let's bring water to life together
Have questions? Want to help fund or build the next well? We'd love to hear from you.