Water
Water is vital to life and so scarce in deprived areas. When you turn on the kitchen tap and get a drink think of others who do not have this luxury. Your gift of water can improve lives immeasurably.
| Item | Cost | |
 | Irrigation kit for a family farm  The gift will allow a Sri Lankan family to grow more in their garden. A garden irrigation kit, using drip irrigation, will help them to conserve water. It will also allow the family to grow vegetables in the dry season. | £6.00 |
 | A tap Help provide safe water for families in the hills of Myanmar, where clean water sources are scarce. Instead of trekking for miles to fill water containers and carry them home, they'll have their own safe supply on tap which will help significantly reduce diarrhoea and parasite infections. | £9.00 |
 | Safe water for 25 people  More than 25,000 people die every day because of water-borne disease. With water filters, tap stands and tanks we can supply water to people each day. | £18.00 |
 | Emergency clean water kit In an emergency, water is one of the first things to be affected. Storms, earthquakes and droughts quickly contaminate water. Your gift of a water kit will help a family have clean water so they won't become ill. | £21.00 |
 | Rainwater collector  Despite being surrounded by water, people in the coastal region of southwest Bangladesh have no access to fresh, safe water. Climate change has caused sea levels to rise, turning their water sources saline and undrinkable. With the help of Christian Aid, villagers have turned to the sky for water. Since setting up water councils which provide rainwater harvesters and training, villagers can capture and store clean, safe rainwater. A gift like this is truly sustainable. | £22.00 |
| Sanitise 5 wells This simple and effective gift could prevent illness and save lives. World Vision's project in Jong, Sierra Leone will supply chlorine to sanitise village wells for a year. Benefiting local children, who are most vulnerable to potentially fatal waterborne diseases. | £25.00 |
 | Buy a share in a well There are lots of communities around the world just wishing for a well. So, buying a bit of a well is certainly a gift worth looking into. It will help provide a reliable source of clean, safe water for people and animals with plenty left over to water the veggie patch. | £26.00 |
| Safe water for 50 people More than 25,000 people die every day because of water-borne disease. With water filters, tap stands and tanks we can supply water to people each day. | £36.00 |
 | 3 water filters A precious pool of pure spring water on tap can be all theirs, with the aid of this nifty little water filter gadget thing. Buy a community one of these, and train them how to use it, and they can drink clean, safe water all day. | £60.00 |
| Safe water for 100 people More than 25,000 people die every day because of water-borne disease. With water filters, tap stands and tanks we can supply water to 100 people each day. | £72.00 |
 | Water tank Over the years, water tanks have been one of our best sellers. From emergency situations to everyday use, they help Oxfam to be the leading supplier of clean, safe drinking water in those parts of the world others can't reach. | £150.00 |
 | Help find water A geological survey does sound a bit nerdy and techie, but there's a surprising amount of much needed water underground and one of these clever surveys is the best way of finding it. | £400.00 |
| Safe water for 1000 people More than 25,000 people die every day because of water-borne disease. With water filters, tap stands and tanks we can supply water to 1000 people each day. | £720.00 |
The alternative gift links on this page connect to Oxfam Reg. charity No 202918, World Vision Registered Charity no. 285908, Save the Children charity No 213890 or Christian Aid, registered charity no 1105851