Making an impact one project at a time.
About 1Well

You consider yourself a socially-conscious individual. You read the news every day, give to charity on occasion, and even volunteer now and then. But you can’t help thinking that something's missing— the feeling that you are an agent of change.

That’s where 1Well comes in.

1Well lets you lead a small but critical project and connects your community with a community in need. By completing a 1Well project— like a well or childcare center— you help fulfill a community’s basic needs. At the same time, you free up people’s time and energy for productive activities, like finding a job or starting a business. Plus, you get to rally your community around a common cause.

Now that’s something “click to donate” won’t give you.

Our Projects

A 1Well project in Vachharajpur, India provided clean drinking water for more than 550 people. Women have started a flour mill, grocery store, and other small businesses because they no longer walk five hours a day to collect potable water.

Another 1Well project in Sedla, India provided irrigation water for more than 100 farming families, improving the quality and quantity of their crops, reducing their costs by 75 percent and providing jobs for those who would otherwise migrate in search of work.

This work is possible because average citizens like you are given the opportunity to choose a project and build a relationship directly with the community in need. They know who they are helping, where their money is going and the impact they’re making. 100% of donations go directly to complete your project, and we'll keep you updated every step of the way. This is the experience 1Well provides.

1Well's areas of focus are Water & Sanitation (wells, rainwater harvesting, toilets), Education (childcare centers, girl's reading programs), Food Security (sustainable irrigation, soil recovery), and Clean Energy for the Poor (solar lanterns, bio-gas plants).

Please visit "Projects in Progress" to see some of the projects underway and "Available Projects" to start your journey as a Citizen Philanthropist.

Our Partners
Partner Name
SEWA Members at the SEWA Trade Facilitation Cetner
Self Employed Women’s Association - SEWA


The Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) is a trade union of 1,000,000 poor, self-employed women workers founded by Ela Bhatt in 1972. This informal, unorganized labor group is 93% of the labor force. They do not have the rights and protection under the law afforded to formal businesses, and women workers themselves remain undercounted and invisible. However, SEWA has set about changing that for over 30 years.

SEWA’s main goals are to organize women workers for full employment & self-reliance. Full employment means employment whereby workers obtain work security, income security, food security and social security (at least health care, child care and shelter). SEWA organizes women to ensure that every family obtains full employment. SEWA strives for a woman’s self-reliance so she can be autonomous and self-reliant.

For more information, visit http://www.sewa.org/

Partner Name
Students at Coprodeli's Youth Outreach Center in Subtanjalla, Peru
Coprodeli USA


Coprodeli USA is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that aids Peruvian families by providing fundamental needs, promoting education and job training, and developing strong self-sustaining community programs. Founded in 2000, Coprodeli USA supports the innovative grassroots development work carried out by Coprodeli Peru to serve poor and marginalized areas surrounding Lima, and throughout the earthquake-devastated Ica Region. Coprodeli has carried out more than 140 projects, benefiting more than 110,000 people annually in some of the most impoverished communities in Peru.

1Well is running a pilot project with Coprodeli to support the nutrition program of the Subtanjalla District Youth Outreach Center (Centro de Atención Externa-CAE) in Ica, Peru.

For more information on Coprodeli, please visit http://www.coprodeliusa.org/