WHOlives, Inc.

WHOlives is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to solving the world water crisis in a self-sustainable way. Established in 2010, WHOlives is using innovation to empower people, provide technical and economic solutions, create opportunity, not more dependency, and implement sustainable impacts for women and children. We are solving the water crisis through self-empowerment, onsite training, and sustainable water points.

WHOlives utilizes the Village Drill, a revolutionary human powered drill that was created in partnership with a local university to drill water wells in remote areas that are not able to be served by traditional big rig drilling trucks due to lack of access to roads or excessive cost. We can drill a borehole in 75% more locations for 75% less cost than a big rig drill truck. We do this while building locally owned, sustainable water well drilling businesses run by local entrepreneurs. These new businesses provide good paying jobs for unskilled workers and increase local economies. We help developing communities solve their own problems. 

Currently WHOlives has a presence in 36 countries with over 7,500 boreholes dug to date.