REACH: Improving water security for the poor

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REACH was a ten-year programme (2015-2025) led by Oxford University with an international consortium of partners and funded with UK Aid Direct from the UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office.

The REACH programme improved water security for over 10 million vulnerable people in Africa and Asia, and advanced thinking on rural water finance to provide reliable water services for 100 million people by 2030 by:  

  • generating new evidence on water security through an innovative, interdisciplinary, risk-based approach
  • establishing science, practitioner and enterprise partnerships to ground the research and maximise impact for the most vulnerable people 
  • building capacity and networks for the next generation of water managers and scientists in Africa and South Asia.