Well Aware is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with headquarters in Austin, Texas that provides innovative and sustainable solutions to water scarcity and contamination in Africa. The organization funds and implements life-saving water systems to drive economic development and build self-sufficient communities. At Well Aware, the responsibility to the communities in which we work goes far beyond the drilling of a hole. More than 60 percent of existing water wells in Africa currently do not work. The Well Aware water systems work and they last because of realistic and responsible planning and collaboration. And, through the help of partner communities they thriving as a result.