Living in poverty often means a struggle for water security. Rapid urban growth, unregulated pollution from industry, extreme floods and droughts, lack of reliable drinking water, and increasing damage to water ecosystems threaten economies and undermine the lives of the poor.

Improving water security is an important pathway to sustainable growth and poverty reduction. However, better evidence is needed to guide institutional and infrastructure investments which unlock growth opportunities and help people move out of poverty.

The REACH program will improve water security for over 5 million poor people by:

• Generating new evidence on water security through an innovative, interdisciplinary, risk-based approach.
• Establishing science, practitioner and enterprise partnerships to ground research in approaches that will benefit the poor.
• Build capacity and networks for the next generation of water managers and scientists in Africa and South Asia.

REACH is a seven-year, global program of research led by Oxford University and funded with UK aid from the UK government. Skat Foundation is supporting the development and delivery of Research into Action strategy, with a particular focus on engaging with rural water supply practitioners and policymakers through the Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) and making use of Skat Foundation’s Knowledge Broker expertise developed through the role with the UPGro program (Unlocking the Potential of Groundwater for the Poor).

Communications

website, newsletter, social media,
face-to-face networking

Workshops

Facilitation of workshops

Donors