Naandi Community Water Services

According to the NGO WaterAid, nearly 37.7 million Indians suffer from waterborne illnesses each year, and 1.5 million children die from diarrhea. The economic burden caused by unsafe drinking water is estimated at $600 million a year. For Naandi Foundation, in operation since 1998, these figures raised questions about children’s rights, access to safe drinking water, and decent living conditions. In 2007, the Foundation launched Naandi Community Water Services. (Naandi is Sanskrit word that means “new beginning.”)