Ryan Hreljac, at six years of age, learned of the great need for clean and safe water in developing countries.

In over 10 years, Ryan’s determination has grown from the $70 collected by doing simple household chores to the Ryan's Well Foundation that today has contributed a total of 546 water and sanitation projects in 16 countries.

Almost 1 billion people - across the globe lack access to safe water and over 2.5 billion don't  have access to adequate sanitation. 

Ryan's Well works with local partner organizations to provide access to safe water supply, basic sanitation and hygiene education for people impacted by this global crisis.  To learn more about current projects, please visit Projects Needing Help.

The Siberian Express for Water has started! Ray Zahab and Kevin Vallely will run 65 km per day for the entire 850km journey across frozen Lake Baikal in Siberia. Funds raised from this expedition will go to a Ugandan water project, click here for information.

Julie Truelove, Project Coordinator and Lesley Marino, a photographer, visited Uganda to follow up on some of our projects, click here to read Lesley's blog.

An excellent teacher's resource! Lesson plans for the Ryan and Jimmy book are available to download.

Want to purchase the Ryan's Well DVD or the Ryan and Jimmy book? Click here for information.