Together for H₂OPE India

Numi Foundation is partnering with the suppliers of our award-winning organic, Fair Trade Certified™ black teas to help provide clean, safe drinking water to 6,500 residents at the Tongonagaon Tea Estate. Currently most households have a well, but sadly they’re tapping a contaminated water table. In partnership with local farmers and Women’s Earth Alliance, a global nonprofit with experience in community-led safe water projects around the world, Numi Foundation is deeply engaged in an education and behavior change campaign to foster healthy practices that protect the water table while promoting better sanitation. Numi Foundation is also helping to rebuild wells at 12 of the 13 schools, along with wells in the fields for farmers to use while working, ensuring lasting access to clean water for future generations.

March 22, 2019

We’re excited to announce The Together for H₂OPE project team in Northern India has distributed 1120 water filters, built 582 toilets and 603 showers, and repaired community wells, leading to a 80% decrease in water borne illness and a 90% decrease in work and school absenteeism since the beginning of the project. Led by the Numi Foundation and Women’s Earth Alliance this has been a collaboration of inspiring WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) volunteers and community mobilizers to engage of the entire community in spreading the benefits of personal hygiene and clean drinking water through trainings, plays and cultural programs to ensure continued impact of the H₂OPE project.