Millions of people in rural Tamil Nadu still walk kilometres for water that makes them sick. Sengodu Foundation's WASH program is changing that — bringing safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene education to Kallakurichi's most water-stressed villages.
In the Kallakurichi district, hundreds of villages still depend on contaminated open wells, seasonal streams, or water tankers that arrive unpredictably. Children miss school due to waterborne illness. Women spend hours each day fetching water instead of earning. Infants face life-threatening diarrhoea. Clean water is not a development aspiration — it is an emergency.
India ranks 120th globally in water quality. In rural Tamil Nadu, fluoride contamination, iron-heavy groundwater, and inadequate sanitation infrastructure combine to make water-related diseases the leading cause of childhood illness. Open defecation continues in villages that lack toilets, polluting the same water sources communities rely upon for survival.
Sengodu Foundation's Clean Water & Sanitation (WASH) program attacks this crisis from all sides: installing water purification systems, supporting borewell drilling, constructing toilets, running hygiene education campaigns, and building the community ownership needed to sustain these facilities for generations.
Real numbers from real villages — measuring the impact of clean water on health, education, and livelihoods.
From the source to the tap to the toilet — every link in the water-sanitation chain addressed.
Installation and maintenance of community-level water purification units in villages where groundwater is contaminated with fluoride, iron, or bacterial agents. Clean water made accessible within 500 metres for every household.
Supporting new borewell drilling and repair of existing defunct borewells, overhead tank construction, and pipeline distribution networks — building permanent water infrastructure for communities left behind by government schemes.
Construction of individual household toilets for families living in open defecation conditions. We facilitate Swachh Bharat Mission subsidies and top up the gap for the poorest households — making full sanitation a reality.
Behaviour Change Communication campaigns teaching handwashing, menstrual hygiene, food safety, and safe water storage — because water infrastructure alone is not enough if communities lack hygiene knowledge.
Rooftop and surface rainwater harvesting systems for schools, community halls, and individual households — helping villages build water security during dry seasons and reducing dependence on tankers and distant sources.
Ensuring every school in our coverage area has clean drinking water, functional toilets (separate for girls), and handwashing stations — because children who lack safe WASH facilities are children who stay home.
Infrastructure that communities own, maintain, and protect — because donor-funded hardware without community buy-in always fails within 3 years.
Water quality testing, infrastructure audit, and community needs assessment before any construction begins. Data-driven site selection ensures resources reach the most critical locations first.
Quality-first infrastructure construction using durable materials, local contractors, and proper engineering supervision. Every borewell, tank, and toilet built to last 20+ years.
Parallel hygiene education campaigns, community maintenance training, and WASH committee formation ensuring communities know how to use and care for their new facilities.
Six-month and annual follow-up visits, water quality re-testing, and maintenance support — ensuring infrastructure continues to function long after the foundation's initial involvement.
Stories from communities who no longer walk miles for water that makes them sick.
My three children had stomach problems every other month. We blamed food. Then the foundation tested our well water and found dangerous bacteria. After they installed the purification unit, my children haven't been hospitalised once in two years. That machine saved their lives.
Our girls used to stay home during their periods because the school had no private toilet. After Sengodu Foundation built the girls' toilet block, attendance went up. Now we don't lose a single girl to dropout during those days. That toilet changed the girls' futures.
I used to walk 2 kilometres every morning with two pots on my head to fetch water. My daughter now drinks clean water from the tap we installed next to our house. I have those two hours back every day. I use them to attend the SHG meeting and run my small shop.
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